RIAs

Board pledges not to punish widely followed advisor while they try to resolve fee-only compensation issue; draws accusations of 'arbitrary' treatment.

Entrepreneurial advisors are leaving the wirehouses and constructing new business models the industry hasn't seen. But before joining these trailblazers, other advisors should think about what it is they want to change.

The financial powerhouse announced it has acquired the business of Capital Planning Advisory Group, a small Yardley, Pa.-based RIA. The team will bring $120 million in client assets.

After leaving LPL for NFP, Washington Wealth brings its breakaway advisor total to seven for the year thus far.

HighTower has expanded its West Coast market by picking up an independent team with $400 million in assets in Bellevue, Wash.

Increasingly, firms are seeking to move toward an ensemble model to improve flexibility and ease the burden on top advisors.

After being ordered to stop calling his firm fee-only, Rick Kahler claims retribution and threatens a lawsuit.

Optimism abounds in an increasingly crowded market for servicing breakaway advisors.

Securities America will acquire assets of a Missouri-based full-service broker-dealer with 368 advisors and $2.4 billion in client assets.

Fiduciary issues should supersede discussion of fee-only, says CFP Board's Ray Ferrara says.