RIAs

HighTower recruited a Merrill Lynch advisor to join a group that broke away from the wirehouse earlier this year.

Members of the Financial Planning Coalition fire back at lawmakers' call for the SEC to shuffle existing resources and tap a third party to increase examinations of advisors.

When Debra Wetherby started her investment advisory firm in 1990, she was 32, just married and had less than $50,000 of capital.

As the rate of change accelerates, advisors face big shifts in automated tools, portfolio management and rebalancing. Our annual report shows where the action is.

CPA/advisory firm BKD Wealth Management adds Wolf Financial Management, after a deal between the two parent companies.

New tech-driven startups have upended the financial advice market. Now they just have to get through the coming shake-out.

Want a better way to help staff improve? Here's how to turn the end-of-the-year ritual into an experience that's productive for you and your employees.

The Atlanta-based IBD, which offers advisory firms both a broker-dealer and a fee-based RIA multi-custodial platform, is closing in on a record $20 million in new revenues this year.

Advisors need to face a hard truth: Independent RIAs have lost this round. Fortunately, there are other, better ways to set yourself apart.

FINRA arbitration panel sides with a former Commonwealth Financial Network client who claims he lost his retirement savings due to bad retirement planning advice.