Independent advisors

While the demise of the Department of Labor’s regulation will hurt investors, it makes fiduciary advisors even more relevant.

Every man in the financial services industry should read this article, Nina O’Neal writes.

Forty-one percent of client-facing finance workers have had negative experiences that “still keep them up at night,” a Schwab survey finds.

The firm’s principal says his team wanted to join the No. 1 IBD, which is testing larger recruiting offers.

Wealth Enhancement Group has nearly doubled its assets over a two-year period.

The firm aligned its brokerage business with Private Client Services following a big acquisition and a major executive hiring.

The clearing and custody firm also announced $50 million in new investments to fuel its advisory business.

The No. 7 IBD has unveiled five new internal classifications for practices in an effort, it says, to boost the customization of its services for advisors.

At least seven firms with outside RIAs have left the No. 1 IBD since it announced a change in policies last November.

The nation's largest IBDs are growing again, but are they innovating fast enough to keep up with the industry's transformation?