RIAs

Joe Duran, the former head of United Capital, the RIA that Goldman bought in 2019, is stepping back from his role as a bank partner but will continue as a consultant. Here's what that change and others mean for advisors.

Wealthcare Advisory, an LPL hybrid RIA, deployed its private equity capital and planning technology to reach record levels of client assets and financial advisors.

An arbitration panel has found Raymond James and its independent broker Kent Jackson Rhoades liable for nearly $20 million in an unfair competition case.

PIABA president talks about why getting online records erased is easier than many advisors think and why more barriers should be put up.

CEO Ralph Hamers said in an earnings call Tuesday that despite a flat headcount over the past quarter, advisor productivity remained high as the wealth unit brought in $23 billion of net new assets.

Four winners of this year's Top 40 Brokers Under 40 overall and regional lists, from Morgan Stanley, Merrill Wealth Management, William Blair and RBC, joined industry experts in sharing how big brokerages can hold onto young advisors in a red-hot labor market.

Financial Planning announces its 2023 class of the top 40 most productive employee wealth management brokers under age 40.

The Swiss wirehouse struck twice at rival Merrill Lynch, poaching both an ultrahigh net worth team managing $1.3 billion and a high net worth team with $340 million of AUM.

The certifying group says a change in its tax-exempt status will let it communicate to the public everything financial planning, from advisor salaries to the profession's accommodating hours.

Chelsea Ransom-Cooper, a managing partner and director of financial planning at Zenith Wealth Partners, spoke with FP about what the big firms are getting right — and what's missing from their DEI strategies.