Growth strategies

Ladenburg Thalmann’s largest IBD also says it recruited more than 300 advisors with $2 billion in AUM in 2018.

Should advisor retention go as planned, Blucora's agreement to purchase the firm would boost its IBD headcount to 4,500 reps.

Commissions and cash-sweep revenue jumped by more than a combined $100 million in 2018 — even as the parent firm’s longtime chairman left the company.

The 12-advisor practice serves clients in a group often neglected by the industry, its managing directors say.

It took less than six months to hammer out the biggest bank merger in more than a decade, and the price was one of the last things discussed, according to a new federal filing.

Woodbury Financial Services has added 572 advisors with $22 billion in client assets since the fall of 2017, CEO Rick Fergesen says.

More wealth management pros are joining mastermind groups, driven by the growing realization that the isolation that comes with running a business can hold back the business’s success.

The No. 1 IBD is pitching advisors on the merits of its offerings — but rivals have also added major teams from its ranks.

The firm adds a second $1B RIA - and its family office.

The CEO said his decision to resign followed a physician’s recommendation in connection with an undisclosed medical problem.