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

The firm’s headcount increased 8% in just one year.

Financial planners are wary of text-only service options, arguing they would contribute further to the commoditization of advice.

Baird looks to expand its presence in the Greater Chicago area with latest hire.

Firms can bring in great talent while assisting prospective CFPs with the experience requirement needed for the designation, according to a panel of experts at the board's Registered Program Conference.

The former Edward Jones broker wanted to get back at his competitor for stealing a client.

On Wall Street honors elite young producers at the regional BDs.

The new tax law is expected to drive more money into investment products and push stock and bond prices even higher, says CEO Laurence Fink.

These three bellwethers offer insight into the forces that will shape the investing landscape in the decade to come.

"Real diversity and inclusion is when we achieve gender parity and adequate representation of ethnic backgrounds," says Monica Giuseffi, principal of financial advisor inclusion and diversity at the firm.

The firm recently dismissed two portfolio managers due to inappropriate behavior.

The firm plans to add 1,000 new advisors and $47 billion in net new assets in 2017.

Bernard Parker spent his client's money on his home, car and father-in-law’s bills, according to federal prosecutors.

When experienced advisors mentor new planners, they transform the profession in the process.

Kobby Okum of Edwards Jones details what his greatest challenge was as a newcomer to the profession.

Wealth manager Kobby Okum shares his expereince on challenges faced by newcomers to the planning profession.

The advisors joined existing practices within the bank's independent broker-dealer arm.

The relaunched program has the same name, but no new funding, a spokeswoman says.

The hurricane poses staffing and data challenges on firms with large facilities in its path.

The advisor says he joined the regional broker-dealer to focus on his core business of financial planning.