RIAs

One year later, Forbes' growth plans have been stymied by a difficult market for acquiring firms.

Advocates are calling on the head of the SEC to move forward with a uniform fiduciary proposal, even if that means pushing the rules through a divided commission split along party lines.

The number of transactions jumps to 16 in the second quarter, up from 13 in the first, with the average size of acquired firms rising to $1.18 billion.

Scottrade is making a big bet that there is room in the booming RIA custodial market for another major player to compete against Charles Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade and Pershing.

Most of the nearly 13,000 pages produced in a lawsuit are duplicates, the board alleges in its ongoing court battle with Jeffrey and Kimberly Camarda.

From client interfaces to integration and digital signature, here's what's on tap at the four major RIA custodial firms.

If you're not focusing your time and attention on the people who add the most value to your firm, you're getting it wrong.

PageOne Financial denies SEC charges that the RIA aimed to fund its own sale with commissions from advisor clients.

Most advisors won't get the price they want from selling their practices -- and don't really want to sell anyway, one study finds.

David Lau, the longtime COO at Jefferson National Life Insurance -- which specializes in Monument Advisor, a flat-fee variable annuity sold to RIAs and fee-based advisors -- has left the company.