Raymond James Financial

The surprise new winner of a closely tracked customer report card surged to the top spot from No. 14 in a year of positive marks reflecting rising stock values.

The move brings the 28-year industry veteran from a firm where independent planners make up less than 5% of the advisory headcount to one where they are the majority.

The firm credits its ability to recruit highly productive advisory teams for its strong fourth-quarter balance sheet.

LPL Financial, Cetera Financial Group, Raymond James, Ameriprise and other industry giants drove a much bigger volume of transitions this year.

Coming off another record quarter, the independent broker-dealer giant sought to reassure analysts questioning its stagnant advisor headcount.

Columbia Wealth Advisors consists of roughly 50 advisors and other professionals affiliated with a large regional bank.

Tens of billions of dollars in taxable assets on Raymond James' managed account platform will get upgraded tools by mid-2024, the firms say.

These 10 firms have the most certified financial planners among their advisors, highlighting the channel's ongoing shift away from sales to advice.

Despite falling stock and bond values last year, firms operating in the channel collectively boosted their business. These are the biggest companies among them.

Independent branches are playing a pivotal role in the industry — regardless of anyone's opinion or awareness of them.

The paperwork of moving client assets in a transition is a chore for many advisors, but crucial to their success.

Although nearly all investors in the firm's new survey said tax efficiency was important to them, just over a quarter of them have consulted tax professionals.

Raymond James had scored the big team in May, before Securian's sale of its retail wealth business to Cetera closed.

As revenues fell for other companies, Raymond James' earnings reached new heights — including for its wealth management division.

The hybrid RIA is "out of the woods" after completing its giant custodial and brokerage transition in recent months, CEO Nate Lenz tells FP.

State regulators accused the wealth management giant of charging customers commissions of $75 or more for small equities transactions.

The firm's employee brokerage is bringing Alex. Brown, which it acquired in 2016, more firmly into its fold.

J.D. Power's latest study used a different scaling method that brought down scores across the industry among 15 major firms examined in the firm's annual poll.

Five financial advisors left Lakeland Bank and Raymond James for Affinity Federal Credit Union prior to the $1.3 billion acquisition of their prior institution.

Morgan Stanley supplanted JPMorgan Chase atop the rankings of the biggest compensation for head executives across wealth management.