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The new hires signed on with the firm’s employee broker-dealer.

With Portfolio Intelligent Income, the discount brokerage is shifting some of its focus toward clients ready to spend their investments.

These shortcomings were primarily due to “systemic, longstanding, governance-level weaknesses,” a new report says.

While these 20 dizzying changes will throw some for a loop, financial advisors and their clients grow more powerful each year.

One size fits all? The single form for disclosure of client-advisor relationships applies even if firms offer multiple products and services.

The SEC says broker-dealers may treat investment advisors as if they were subject to the AML Rule — under certain conditions.

There comes a point when advisors must decide how much to scale. Here's a guide.

With the industry closely watching the complex integration, the selling network's parent divulged how it struck the $1.3-billion agreement to form a giant IBD.

The wins came at the expense of Merrill Lynch, UBS, Raymond James and Wells Fargo.

Competitors such as Merrill Edge have taken similar measures on commissions.