RIAs

Advisors and their firms should be prepared for how they will respond to expanded fiduciary responsibilities under new standards.

RIAs need to review fee flexibility, target markets, value and branding.

ESG-focused Swell Investing wasn’t able to gain “necessary scale,” according to the firm.

Dan Arnold deployed a five-pronged argument for why consolidation is a recruiting boon for the No. 1 IBD.

The new recruits came at the expense of wirehouse rivals Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo.

The new recruits managed over $300 million in client assets.

Reorganization includes the departure of one of the company’s highest paid executives.

Michelle Rudd opened a new office for Summit Trail Advisors, a $5 billion independent firm.

Integrated Partners added a father-son team, surpassing its recruited client assets from the previous year.

After almost a decade of competing for digital advice assets, new banking offers have the firms going toe-to-toe again.