Growth strategies

From setting fees to compliance scares, veteran planners advise new RIAs on what to consider when launching a firm.

The long merger trend among the broker-dealers behind the bank channel is likely over, and new banks are not joining the channel in a major way. Where will TPMs find growth?

See which independent broker-dealers outpaced their peers at the top line.

Fee-only advisors should view it as a way to help more people rather than a sales exercise, according to one consultant.

Sales of smaller firms dominated transactions and banks re-emerged as buyers during the first quarter.

The platform provider will now offer to buy a percentage of an advisory firm's revenue.

Blue chip private equity firms Stone Point and KKR enter the RIA market with a majority stake purchase of the New York consolidator.

With over $700M in AUM, Next Capital Management is the firm's biggest addition this year.

The RIA's parent company is set to buy a very large adviser aggregator. If completed, it would be the biggest transaction of the year.

The RIA is negotiating to buy a portion of Wealth Trust. It may also be facing the loss of a second top executive.