RIAs

With over $700M in AUM, Next Capital Management is the firm's biggest addition this year.

At least 17 ex-wirehouse brokers bolted for the firm’s employee channel in the first quarter.

The wirehouse's executives think they've struck on the right formula to boost growth through a simplified comp plan, greater autonomy and an attractive retirement package.

They handle the trading, rebalancing and overall management of portfolios — freeing advisers to face their clients. But not everyone wins, as Michael Kitces writes.

The RIA's parent company is set to buy a very large adviser aggregator. If completed, it would be the biggest transaction of the year.

The group includes a father-daughter duo who have worked together for 25 years.

Older wirehouse advisers opting to go independent should keep these factors in mind if they want a richer exit from the business.

The adviser allowed her disabled sister to die of untreated bedsores, according to the D.A. It’s the first known such case involving a CFP, says the CFP Board.

The new recruit's business focuses on Latin American clients.

To grow, the firm is pivoting from its focus on training new brokers to poaching talent from rivals.