Dynasty Financial Partners

The platform provider has added 12 firms to its roster so far this year.

Regional brokerages and firms that assist breakaway advisors have been picking off top talent at the wirehouses.

The independent firm was founded by two former Merrill Lynch advisors in 2012.

The Dynasty-affiliated RIA manages around $15 million on average per client.

A judge issued a ruling after intensely scrutinizing advisors' emails and text messages to clients.

The firm continues a recruiting streak that has netted teams managing over $10.5 billion in assets this year alone.

The Swiss wirehouse hit the founding partners of an $8 billion firm with a lawsuit.

Despite hiring pullbacks at the larger firms, there's been no shortage of multibillion dollar moves.

The platform provider has inked partnerships with 45 RIAs since 2010 and 10 so far this year.

The firm isn't the only one benefiting from a still strong breakaway movement.

The wirehouse files for a restraining order in wake of move to Dynasty.

The broker, who had been with the bank for 21 years, went independent with backing from Dynasty Financial Partners.

"It's always nice when one poker player folds and it's down to two or three players," one recruiter says.

The platform provider will now offer to buy a percentage of an advisory firm's revenue.

With over $700M in AUM, Next Capital Management is the firm's biggest addition this year.

The benefits of going independent are alluring, but wirehouse advisers can't afford to discount the formidable challenges ahead.

The firm's advisers and competitors are wondering about its next steps, and who will cash in. The answers will go a long way toward shaping the future of the independent channel.

Five new firms have joined Dynasty’s outsourcing platform this year amid a rivalry with HighTower.

The firm also recruited an international wealth management team that oversaw $576 million, according to our latest roundup of recent hires and moves.

The high-net-worth practice makes 41 firms in the platform’s network — two times as many as competitor HighTower.