Independent advisors

Firethorn Wealth Partners gets started with the help of tru Independence.

Leave this bad influence back where it belongs — in high school.

I’ve been watching, with increasing dismay, the trend of outside investors taking ownership of advisory firms.

The firm remains in transformational flux, but the results of its "Project E" evolution are beginning to show.

Dan Arnold says the firm remains interested if deals are a match for the No. 1 IBD.

The firms with the highest percentage growth year-over-year are cutting their head counts and fueling the record level of M&A deals.

Ron Carson’s firm and other major practices within the IBD network praise its choice of a new PE backer.

The owner of RIA aggregator Mercer Advisors has pledged to maintain the IBD network’s current structure under the deal.

The new competition asks innovators to take client experience to the next level.

Kestra grabbed a practice from the No. 1 IBD, but it gained another one while preparing for a top executive’s departure.