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Firms of all sizes have helped push fee-based business above commissions as the industry undergoes a transformation.

This interactive tool provides the full collection of data from Financial Planning's 33rd annual study of the largest firms in the space.

Thirteen of the top 25 companies generated double-digit growth in 2017 as rivals close in on the perennial No. 1 firm.

The No. 4 independent broker-dealer has unveiled two major recruiting grabs from its rivals in two weeks.

The firm lost 94 existing advisors, but recruited 79 new ones in the first quarter. Here are six of its new additions.

The firm’s headcount declined slightly in the quarter, but advisors’ productivity remains strong and growing.

The advisor fooled her victims into thinking she would invest their funds when in fact she used the money to buy luxury items and real estate, prosecutors claim.

The advisor, a former employee, has been soliciting more than two dozen clients at the bank, JPMorgan says.

Dan Arnold received a 155% raise in his first year atop the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer.

The research firm’s annual survey included new queries reflecting changes in the industry.