Industry

"Given all of the turmoil there, you need to have some consistency in leadership and [Roth] was it," one expert says.

Competing in his first triathlon helped John Pierce discover the direction he needed to succeed in wealth management.

Three advisers joined the firm's Advisor Select channel, where they are employees but can make additional business-decisions for their practice.

The firm's newest recruits come from boutique brokerage J.P. Morgan.

How Todd Sacks joined an elite ranking of wealth management supervisors.

The firm's newest recruits generated $3.6 million in annual revenue.

Small-business owners can win when advisers use a stacked-pension approach to 401(k) planning.

Is Roth on his way out?

The profession might be consolidating but solo advisers will survive and thrive, says columnist Bob Veres.

Planners who are agile enough can easily decide on what's best for them: switching to wirehouses, other large brokerages or going independent. Also, moving quickly may help them land the best deals, says a recruiting consultant.