RIAs

Dean Hoover is the latest advisor to join the Raymond James-affiliated independent firm.

Planners are seeking the independence and support that they say they aren’t getting at wirehouses.

Before making any changes to the compensation plan, find out what your partners value most. You may be surprised how agreeable they are.

Thinking of leaving a big broker-dealer? Answer these three questions first, recruiter Mark Elzweig writes.

Demand for financial advisors is rising in Southern California, so to keep up with the latest trends, Halbert Hargrove engages in a compensation benchmarking study twice year.

As the financial planning industry nears a fee-only, fiduciary world, independent broker-dealers will face some important choices about their future business models.

Find growth by using Maslow's hierarchy of needs to help set compensation policy.

Talent wars are pushing compensation packages higher.

Though largely replaced by the 1% of AUM model, performance-based fee structures are cropping up again — and that’s cause for concern.

Here’s how one firm structured compensation in a fair and completely open way.