LPL Financial

The recruits switched over to the independent channel of the regional firm.

A $650M firm serving HNW clients wanted help "navigating regulatory change."

Amid reports of a possible sale, assets rise and expenses fall.

Paul T. Lebel excessively traded shares that carried large front-end loads and "willfully disregarded the customers' interest," the agency said.

News that LPL may be looking for suitors comes at a time of financial pressure for the country's largest independent broker-dealer.

Shareholders shouldn't hold out too much hope for a takeover and here is why.

Industry experts survey the field of potential suitors.

With LPL Financial potentially exploring a sale of itself, we look back at some of the biggest deals over the last few years.

The country's largest IBD is said to be exploring strategic alternatives, which may include shopping itself around for buyers.

Founded by former wirehouse advisers, XML Financial is the seventh firm to join the IPO-bound RIA aggregator this year.