Industry

Traditionally, regional firms were places where advisors with mid-level revenue production could find comfortable homes. Janney and RBC show how that's changing.

Touchstone Wealth Partners is the fourth team with more than $1 billion in client assets to join Wells Fargo's FiNet unit this year.

For advisors like Chris Diodato of WELLth Financial Planning, everything from insurance to industry software is costing more these days.

The addition of Peter Laidlaw to Merrill's offices in San Francisco comes as firm executives aim to engage in "more aggressive recruiting."

A deal is more than just a top-line number and misalignment in culture and communications can cause conflict down the line.

RIA Soltis acquired accounting, tax and advisory firm GDM Private Financial Solutions, the latest example of client demand for integrated wealth and tax planning solutions.

Gabe Lapito thinks many RIA owners who sell their businesses are looking for a big check to fund their retirement. But he and his partners, almost all in their 30s or early 40s, instead set their sights on adding new clients and assets.

The Minneapolis-based company plans to leverage the arrangement to draw more attention to its growing list of national business lines, transcending its regional reputation.

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Michael Outlaw, the recently named president of Rockefeller Global Family Office, says family offices are defined more by the services they offer than by their relationships with wealthy families.