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The new CEO said the aggressive sales goals – which were ditched earlier this month – served the interests of neither clients nor branch employees.

How the firm is investing in new ways for advisers to conduct all their business digitally.

Clients who borrow from their company retirement plans can often get a good rate with no hassle. But if they miss payments, they might face nasty tax charges.

Client assets for the firm's advisory business hit a record high.

Months before the law is phased in, "traditional firms are beginning to look more and more" like independents.

Clients are “getting into more aspects of their clients lives,” says Schwab EVP Bernie Clark.

A new pilot program will test whether clients will be drawn to a voice-controlled technology the retailer's customers know as Alexa.

CEO Wayne Bloom says the threat of lawsuits in the wake of the new regulation prompted the change, which could be a first among IBDs.

“Q3 2016 is the eighth successive quarter of 30 or more transactions,” says David DeVoe, managing partner at DeVoe & Co.

One recruit started in the industry more than two decades ago.