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Industry compliance experts say there are few more complicated decisions than knowing when to leave a firm and start your own advisory practice. The government shutdown is making it worse.

Recent headlines may illuminate why this sector is particularly volatile, but advisors say they have been instructing clients that not all health care funds are created equal.

Much like deciding the right client headcount, choosing whether to fire a customer or turn away new business represents an important step in a firm's development.

Despite a slowdown in advisor recruitment from the first half of the year, Stifel managed to achieve record revenue for the third quarter.

Dynasty Financial Partners' investment bank joins Diamond Consultants to help departing teams vet transition options, whether that's joining another wirehouse, selling to an RIA aggregator or starting their own business.

As Financial Planning's AI Readiness Survey showed, most advisors aren't concerned about their own jobs. But others aren't so sure.

Step away from the rote 30-second spiel. Instead, forge connections with advisory prospects based on trust, not tactics.

New AI tools are often added to existing tech without fanfare, meaning that advisors who don't want to use them are forced to scour for ways to turn them off.

The wirehouse leaves its basic paygrid untouched for the fifth year in a row while giving advisors extra incentives to tout banking products and work with existing clients' children and grandchildren.

The awards recognize early-career brokers that have created top production numbers at their wealth management firms.