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Median revenue surged by 18% in the sector, but forward-looking companies have already adjusted to a fast-changing industry.

Industry trends and succession planning prompted the enterprise to leave Advisor Group’s FSC Securities, according to the partner-brothers of the Nettuno Group.

Beyond eye-popping prices and assets changing hands, record M&A is altering the structure of the industry.

Billy Ricketts is most likely the elder stateswoman of wealth management — but she and her grandson believed it was time for something new.

One of the clients who filed the claim is still trying to withdraw money from non-traded investments he says were never explained to him.

CEO Jamie Price unveiled a three-part “advisor appreciation program” after Reverence Capital closed on a majority stake of the IBD network.

After affiliating with Advisor Group following its acquisition, Signature Estate & Investment Advisors aims to offer its TAMP across the network.

Several of the new recruits had spent more than a decade with Questar.

Jamie Price and incoming majority owner Reverence promise more of the same for the 6,500-advisor IBD network.

Reverence Capital Partners agreed to buy 75% of the 6,500-advisor IBD network from the ownership team that purchased it in 2016.

Advisor Group unveiled the prize-winning speech on the topic — along with eight new recruits to its IBDs — at its annual W Forum.

People familiar with the matter said that Centerbridge Partners is in talks to buy the four-firm, 6,500-advisor IBD network.

Fourth-quarter volatility wrought negative year-over-year results for two-thirds of firms in J.D. Power’s annual survey.

Woodbury Financial Services has added 572 advisors with $22 billion in client assets since the fall of 2017, CEO Rick Fergesen says.

The No. 1 IBD is pitching advisors on the merits of its offerings — but rivals have also added major teams from its ranks.

In an unusually frank discussion, women executives from five major firms urged the industry to get involved in educating young people about wealth management.

Royal Alliance must pay more than $2.5 million to one ex-client while dealing with charges against the firm and a former rep by William Galvin’s office.

The 50 largest teams and OSJs to change their affiliations show both the threat to incumbent firms posed by RIAs and the scale afforded by acquisitions.

CEO Jamie Price and other executives met with some 1,000 prospective advisors after inking one of the largest M&A deals in the IBD space this year.

The No. 1 IBD’s major spending on recruiting, technology and organic growth is yielding big returns.