Raymond James Financial

Finding success has gotten a lot harder for young advisors today, says Raymond James Complex Manager Tony Barrett.

For young advisors, coping with the emotional ups and downs of the business is a big hurdle, says Raymond James Complex Manager Tony Barrett.

Independent and regional firms have been maintaining strong appeal with new recruits.

A segmented market is ready to embrace scale, says Raymond James president Bill Van Law.

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

A new breed of combination life insurance and long-term care products is making it easier for middle-income Americans to secure coverage.

Regional firm’s Miami branch marks continued southeastern expansion.

"This is a window for these regional firms to really explode," says Rob Blevins, a recruiter in Dublin, Ohio.

Patrick O’Donovan will focus on recruiting new talent and helping advisors with succession planning, he says.

The husband-and-wife team say their new employer reminded them of their first firm, Smith Barney.

The firm's latest hires include an industry veteran of nearly four decades of experience.

We've reshuffled our top 25 program managers to list them solely by average production per advisor. Here are the top 15.

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

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

One of the regional firm's new hires had a previous career as a minister in Louisiana.

Experts say such cases are commonly filed by advisors yet difficult to win.

The new hires join the fast-growing regional firm from Baird and J.P. Morgan Securities.

Three quarters of the firm’s 57 new recruits have come from the largest firms.

Disaster survival tips from Texas-based advisor Rick Woolfolk, who is also a Civil Air Patrol representative for the U.S. Air Force.

Ensuring that a client's windfall today lasts longer than just tomorrow takes more than financial acumen, experts say.