LPL Financial

Independent advisors may enjoy freedom of choice when it comes to all things digital, but giant institutions have a leg up with integration.

From fruit baskets to operations, financial advisors can tap into a range of ideas in a time of remote work.

More than 300 reps have switched BDs so far this year, with LPL and Cambridge Investment Research completing the two largest grabs.

LPL advisor Kashif Ahmed tweeted his condition from the emergency room then focused on recovering, knowing his firm could run without him.

A former craft brewer and an ex-rugby star went indie with Gladstone Financial Resources Group.

The onetime CFP pleaded guilty to violating his parole after previously avoiding prison time through a plea deal in 2018.

Once derided as fringe and unsustainable, advisors are finally accepting the business model.

The lost assets represent a big hit to the firm’s operations in the small Missouri town where the advisor was based, ex-employer claims.

The No. 1 IBD added Securities America’s largest enterprise, whose founder says the firm’s new private equity-backed owner made him uncertain about the future.

CEO Dan Arnold says the pandemic “will create some structural change across the market and the industry.”