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Jed Finn says the firm's wealth unit could easily meet its operating margin goals if it simply stopped spending money to support advisors. But it's not about to do that.

More planners are dropping their FINRA registration but keeping some ties to independent wealth management firms once thought to be in a different channel.

Nicholas Takahashi and his team are accused of deliberately trying to poach the clients of a former colleague managing hundreds of millions in assets and producing more than $1 million a year in revenue.

Morgan Stanley and Edward Jones meanwhile are giving their advisors new stomping ground in midtown Manhattan offices.

Consolidation may be a prevailing industry trend. But the founders of a Chicago-based RIA see no reason to join a large aggregator.

There's financial outlay and risk, but the rewards of investing in a well-run, growth-minded advisory firm can be huge.

A new partnership with the tech firm Carta will position Morgan Stanley at Work to manage stock-compensation plans for more than 2,000 private companies that are moving toward IPOs.

Market jumps tied to Trump's presidential election win have Goldman Sachs' David Solomon and JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon in line for tens of millions of dollars in bonuses.

Cetera also announces the retirement of its longtime CEO at the end of the year.

A judge's opinion is likely to be cited in scores of arbitration cases in which ex-advisors say they are still owed money from big wealth management firms.