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Spending more time showing clients how to best enjoy their money could be more consequential than building their savings, advisors at NAPFA Conference are told.

The wirehouse is sending executives to Credit Suisse offices to deliver the firm's pitch, and will fly advisors out to its headquarters in St. Louis next week.

Advisor networks can provide community, targeted advice and much-needed support for planners with niche specialties, Dave Grant says.

Chief Executive Paul Reilly acknowledged that the firm has been exploring potential acquisitions, but declined to discuss specific targets with analysts during an earnings call.

The firm's wealth management unit reported that growth in client assets was flat year-over-year, and declined $20 billion from the previous quarter to fall to $433 billion.

Serving public shareholders conflicts with LPL's ability to serve advisors and clients, says David Pickler, who has moved to Commonwealth Financial.

Almost half of the $75 billion buyout loans arranged in the U.S. last year and tracked by Bloomberg in the secondary market are trading below their issue price.

The new recruits have gone over to the independent side of Wells Fargo, opening practices s in two states.

Jim Weddle, head of Edward Jones, says his firm won't develop a robo advisor, but adds that competitive pressures are pushing the entire industry to up its digital game.

As Cetera is shopped around by Lazard, the IBD’s advisors say they want to stay with the firm but will leave if they must.