Ameriprise

At an average age of 37, the top-producing brokers operate in 18 different states, plus the District of Columbia and Guam.

The nearly 10,000 advisors affiliated with the firm grow 2.5 times as fast as their peers at rival brokerages, CEO Jim Cracchiolo says.

Necessary new approaches include better cultural understanding, more flexibility for new entrants and more outreach, advisors and executives say.

Even with those challenges, rep productivity and client cash balances expanded in the third quarter.

The father-son practice with two other advisors switched their affiliations after its founder had spent 18 years with New York Life.

The advisor is asking a judge to reconsider the order, saying he wasn’t given a chance to defend himself against accusations of violating a non-solicitation agreement.

The St. Louis-based firm claims its rival “instructs incoming recruits to compile client information from their former firm” as a matter of course.

The independent broker-dealers big enough to serve the most financial advisors enjoy advantages but face distinct challenges.

The Minnesota-based Falldin-Mattson Group was previously at Morgan Stanley.

Earlier this year, FINRA arbitrators granted the former advisor’s expungement request, but still sided with the firm on its demands for repayment of two promissory notes.

For the first time, the ranks of the top 25 firms according to their annual business include single entries for IBD networks.

Advisors typically take most of their clients with them when they go independent, but not all of them do.

“Through these difficult times, we are able to work remotely and seamlessly” thanks to the firm's digital tools, ex-RBC advisor says.

The father-son team praised Ameriprise’s assistance in the face of the coronavirus pandemic after making the move.

Ameriprise’s chief took a 5% cut in his compensation, even as the firm cited notable positive results that buoyed the industry last year.

Five years of alleged promises, checks that never arrived, and a mysterious employee named “Tryg Nederloe” add up to a bizarre saga with wide ramifications.

Fee wars among asset managers are having small, but notable impacts across the industry and prompting renewed focus on core business.

The former Cetera advisors joined the firm’s employee channel.

Jim Cracchiolo predicts the number of advisors will go back up, but he says the firm places more importance on boosting the size of their businesses.

On the losing side of this exchange: Wells Fargo, UBS and Merrill Lynch.