RIAs

Advisors who don't enhance the client experience are doomed to become "the travel agents of the future," according to Ron Carson, founder and CEO of Omaha-based Carson Wealth Management.

At the group's national conference in Orlando, president Tom Nally announces several new initiatives aimed at helping advisors expand their businesses.

Advisors can no longer expect to hire only seasoned, mid-career professionals with an established book of business, industry experts say.

A UBS team of advisors with a billion dollars under management has left the Swiss bank to form IFM Capital Advisors, an independent registered investment advisor, with the aid of Focus Financial Partners.

If the graying financial services industry is to replenish the ranks of retiring advisors and brokers, firms and trade groups must take a more active role in promoting the field to millennials, says Pershing's Mark Tibergien.

As the Financial Services Institute marks its tenth anniversary, the trade group is focused on expanding its advisor membership and ramping up its advocacy on legislation and regulation at the state level.

The stage may be set for a settlement after a judge denies the board's attempt to quash discovery & allows the Camardas' request to seek monetary damages.

Dynasty Financial Partners has hired Ronald Sallet as senior vice president of network development, making good on its promise to boost business development in 2014.

Assets managed by dually registered advisors are growing faster than any other channel -- underscoring the industry's "slow but steady migration" toward independent models, according to new research from Cerulli.

RCAP buys J.P. Turner for $27 million; Schorsch is calling IBDs, large and small, in search of deals, says Cambridge's Schwartz.