LPL Financial

The bank's retail brokerage operation employs 12 advisers and has approximately $780 million in advisory and brokerage assets.

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The investment services unit of one regional bank is working with 10 of its top producers to whittle their books of business.

The firm has already standardized its variable annuities and alternative investments and is working toward doing the same for mutual funds as well as indexed and fixed annuities.

After investing millions in new platforms and preparing thousands of advisers, executives say they've come too far to reverse course.

A detailed look at three years' of recruiting data, from biggest AUM to which firm has lost the most advisers.

The layoffs are part of a shift of personnel to LPL Financial's South Carolina campus to cut costs and position the independent broker-dealer for future growth.

Carolyn Armitage joined the RIA M&A consultant after LPL eliminated the enterprise consulting division.

Former head Mark Casady, new chief Dan Arnold and board member Marco Hellman each netted millions.

Intense competition and the advent of the fiduciary rule are prompting financial institutions to consider making select purchases.

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The nation's largest IBD vows to take a “proactive approach” to the fiduciary rule.

"We believe they have made our overall platform more competitive," said a top executive in the LPL division that supports banks and credit unions.

After investing millions in new platforms and preparing thousands of advisers, executives say they've come too far to reverse course.

The firm says it could delay changes it pledged to make to comply.

The firm says it "terminated" its relationship with the large OSJ. It’s the third large split in two months.

Once a top-producing planner at LPL, Carson now possesses a direct line to the CEO.

The large community bank will look to LPL to help the investment services business meet the requirements of the fiduciary rule.

The executive suite transition has been years in the making.

One of the recruits has more than two decades of experience.