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Fisher Investments has come to dominate more than a quarter of the $22 billion market in ETNs, whose outsize risks and hefty costs have drawn scrutiny from federal regulators.

Factors driving the dizzying pace of deals are revealed at Schwab’s Impact conference.

Fresh off rebranding its wealth management business to Avantax, the firm aims to support its smaller but more productive force.

The regional BD has been picking off talent from its largest wirehouse rivals on its recent hiring streak.

Advisors keep fleeing the wirehouses but given a fair deal, established RIAs make a good landing pad, observers say.

Bruce K. Lee left the brokerage world where cheating on continuing education requirements can be a "career killer."

The IBD network's AdvicePay integration could help the firm convert more retirement plan business into wealth management clients as it completes a record year for new assets.

The wirehouse is making changes ahead of an expected wave of baby boomer departures.

Opportunities to win UHNW clients abound, but so do challenges, experts tell advisors at the Schwab Impact conference.