Hightower

Rockefeller Capital Management poaches Michael Bapis' billion-dollar HighTower team.

An unexpected revelation inspired Elliot Weissbluth to launch HighTower Advisors.

Weissbluth will step down as CEO and become chairman.

A high valuation is a mixed blessing, industry analysts say.

A public offering will be a landmark for the advisory business. But the aggregator will face unprecedented scrutiny from investors.

The definition of independence for advisors is changing, according to a new report.

The advisory firm left Securities America to make the move.

After planner Bob White helped a client on one of her darkest days, she turned to him on one of her brightest ones, too.

The no-nonsense CEO fields rapid-fire questions on everything from Amazon's interest in financial services to how the SEC is handling the fiduciary rule

Finding the talent for your practice might require you to step outside your comfort zone.

The RIA grabs an UHNW firm with trust services in a lucrative market while also targeting midsized firms.

The RIA boosts its platform, loses top execs and faces wary advisors.

These young planners share a commitment to hard work, but have deployed very different tactics in building their practices.

Advisors such as Greg Hersch have long found professional fulfillment by leaving wirehouses to start their own firms. But will they soon find that path cut off?

The move marks the firm's second hire in the past week.

Consolidators are doubling and tripling RIAs' five-year performance.

Nearly two dozen mega teams switched employers, but few went to a wirehouse.

Breakaway uncertainty is forcing the RIA to re-evaluate its growth strategies.

The wirehouses have lost teams overseeing more than $12 billion in client assets over the past month, according to recent hiring announcements.