Independent advisors

LPL's acquisition of National Planning Holdings' assets alone resulted in 10 moves of $744 million or more of clients assets.

Exclusive: The No. 4 IBD unveiled a new bank-based team even as its competitor began revealing its retained firms under the acquisition.

Roughly 300 ex-NPH advisors have chosen smaller IBDs over LPL Financial after its massive acquisition.

Robo-advisors, micro-investing are making the old ways of doing business obsolete.

The No. 29 IBD has unveiled two significant recruiting moves in the past two months.

The buyer of the broker-dealer to some 1,200 hybrid advisors is not a private equity firm.

The IBD has boosted payouts for advisors as it trims lower producers from its ranks.

Attracting them means knowing what’s really important (hint: it’s not retirement).

The No. 1 IBD unveiled a $1.1 billion firm that is part of the first incoming wave of NPH’s assets.

The No. 4 IBD has added 12 advisors with $2.1 billion in client assets since the acquisition.

A massive acquisition, the possible end of the Broker Protocol and other issues will shape the industry in 2018.

The IBD's longtime head stepped down as part of a plan to remake the firm.

Wholesalers have taken a new tack for a group leery of sales calls, regulation and litigation.

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At least 274 advisors with $11.5 billion in client assets have left the fold since the acquisition.

At least 270 advisors with $11.1 billion in client assets have left NPH firms since the acquisition.

The practice’s managing director blamed the No. 1 IBD in part for its move to Securities America.

Advisor Group BDs have poached at least four NPH practices after LPL acquired the network’s assets.

The practice joined Triad Advisors after at least 25 years with its former IBD.