Independent advisors

The uncertainly of regulation and their own survival is at the root of advisors’ stress, but there are also some positives of the job.

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Whatever planners learned when they were trained for the job decades ago is most likely outdated.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

Two-thirds of firms don't know how to attract young people, a new survey reports.

The $263 million practice’s new IBD reported record recruiting for 2017, helped in part by the movement of advisors following LPL’s massive acquisition.

Instead of thinking about fiduciary purely as an obligation or regulation, advisors should envision it as something much bigger: a way of life.

The Justice Department disclosed a felony probe the day before the broker’s termination.

A new survey finds that investors prize full and upfront disclosures about fees and conflicts of interest, but advisors fall short.

The new hires say they were drawn to the firm’s investment platform, product offerings and investment diversification.

Being raised by a single mother and going through two divorces taught Loreen Gilbert how to be a better planner, she writes.

Need a gut check on your career? Read what top recruiters have to say about the big and small firms in the industry.

As the financial planning industry nears a fee-only, fiduciary world, independent broker-dealers will face some important choices about their future business models.