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

After being jilted by the nation’s largest IBD, the organization breaks new ground with membership additions.

See which independent broker-dealers are managing the biggest asset base for client accounts.

These independent broker-dealers generated the most revenue from commission-based accounts.

"Given all of the turmoil there, you need to have some consistency in leadership and [Roth] was it," one expert says.

Is Roth on his way out?

See which independent broker-dealer boasts a compliance staff of more than 500, and which top firms have fewer than 100.

The country's largest independent broker-dealer says compliance with the new fiduciary rule will offer competitive advantages.

This in-house position helps one firm attract larger clients and build contractual relationships with descendants.

The firm says it has put regulatory fines in its rearview mirror, has invested in tech upgrades and has devoted resources to helping advisers adapt to the DoL fiduciary rule.