Independent advisors

A massive acquisition also helped boost the No. 1 IBD’s headcount by 833 advisors year-over-year to 15,210.

The stresses of the job practically demand that we have people to confide in when the going gets rough, Michael Kitces writes.

A 41-year industry veteran says his practice was seeking “a new strategic partner to help us take the next step in our firm’s growth.”

The private equity-backed IBD is "very appealing to advisors in that larger independent setting," its top recruiter says.

The No. 1 IBD announced the new NTF offerings and additional flattened prices for its corporate RIA.

Whatever planners learned when they were trained for the job decades ago is most likely outdated.

New legal analysis suggests that the rules would add "teeth" to broker-dealer regulation.

The bank’s latest retreat from wealth management will move 51 advisors to the independent space under Woodbury Financial.

The downward trend in the supply chain is already prompting major changes, and it could soon spill over to advisors’ practices.

Advisors may be upset due to the high-handed attitudes of the larger firms, but pulling down six zeroes a year can offset a lot of irritation, says On Wall Street’s annual recruiters roundtable.