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The addition of Prudential Financial and Atria Wealth Solutions helped boost LPL's advisor headcount to a record of nearly 29,000 by the end of last year.

Rodney Halvorson says he agreed to join Morgan Stanley only if he could take two wealthy Mexican clients with him. But his transfers were blocked amid heightened money-laundering scrutiny.

Advisors using Orion Trading can now connect directly into Pontera to integrate clients' 401(k)s, 403(b)s and other held-away accounts.

Despite only a slight increase in its headcount of financial advisors amid tough recruiting fights, the firm reeled in record productivity, assets and advisory flows.

Ethicists who voiced concern during Trump's first administration have said that this time around, having a publicly traded company increases the risks of conflicts.

With Gary Gensler's "Wild West" in the rearview mirror, a less combative approach to cryptocurrency looks likely to boost product innovation and investor adoption.

Like other wealth managers that have ceased reporting advisor numbers every quarter, Raymond James says the figures have lost meaning.

Midsize firm Arete Wealth is invoking President Trump's executive order on government "weaponization" in urging the new administration to withdraw the case.

Crypto enthusiasts' faith is tested as an executive order, a bitcoin sell-off and the introduction of meme coins by the president and first lady mark the first 10 days of his second term.

The media mogul is in court to allow him to change the terms of a trust — but it's not that easy.