Independent advisors

The race is one of several this cycle featuring candidates from the wealth management space.

The four-advisor practice joined the No. 1 IBD after its CEO pledged to transform the company’s culture.

Firms’ head counts show how they’re responding to a challenging time in which experts predict the number of advisors to fall in coming years.

The tax-focused IBD is betting on a switch to Fidelity and Envestnet while undergoing a cultural shift.

Planners ranging from sole practitioners to the largest OSJ enterprises welcomed the CEO’s comment that the firm's culture was not aligned with its strategy.

The OSJ spans dozens of advisors, and it marks at least the ninth major exit following a change in policies at the No. 1 IBD.

The partners opened their RIA under consultation with a firm founded by former HighTower executives last year.

The move by the multi-generational practice stemmed from LPL’s self-clearing capabilities, one of the advisors says.

The twin brothers launched Platinum Advisor Strategies well before many IBDs started rolling out promotional and coaching services for advisors.

Clients still scarred from the losses are better prepared for the next market nosedive, advisors say.

Mutual Securities has added five new affiliated practices this year to grow to 26 teams with more than $1.5 billion in AUM on its corporate RIA.

Retired former CEO Mike Sherzan ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2016, and he became chairman of the board prior to the deal.

The founding partners spent a combined 54 years with the No. 6 IBD before launching the fee-only firm.

The former MetLife advisors had affiliated with three different IBDs over four years amid the increasing consolidation in the space.

Soon after shuffling C-suite, the independent broker-dealer brings on nine advisors while it continues hunt for a new CFO.

“I did it for the LOLs,” advisor Doug Boneparth says of his newly launched advisor-focused T-shirt business.

The Advisor Group IBD acquired Capital One’s in-branch brokerage unit last month, but it hasn’t stepped away from traditional recruiting either.

Here's what I've realized since I penned my original missive to the commission.

Missouri legislators inadvertently passed a law that would outlaw the Certified Financial Planner credential.

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