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Edward Evans is an editor at Bloomberg Gadfly.

"Banks traditionally pay higher valuations, but [RIAs] should go into deals with eyes wide open," Dave DeVoe says.

The Swiss wirehouse hit the founding partners of an $8 billion firm with a lawsuit.

Chris Masten is the chief information officer at Lereta, a provider of real estate tax and flood zone determination services, based in Covina, Calif.

Make sure clients understand that a 401(k) rollover could trigger a hefty tax bill, and that liquidating assets before the age of 59 1/2 could mean a hefty penalty.

The rep claimed the firm misled him when they recruited him from PNC Bank.

Brad Shorr is director of content strategy at Straight North, an internet marketing agency in Chicago that specializes in search engine optimization, pay per click, and web design services. With more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience, He has been featured in leading online publications including Moz, Forbes and Entrepreneur.

As daunting as creating a transition strategy seems, the sooner advisers start the more successful it is likely to be. Here are some tools to start the process.

The Connecticut office tallied 14 new hires in the past twelve months, the firm said.

The Labor Department is receiving a deluge of feedback from advisers and investors on whether to revise its controversial regulation.