RIAs

For RCS advisors and brokers, the sweet spot will be individuals and families with $300,000 to $3 million in investable assets, Schorsch says.

RCS Capital wants to buy an investment research firm, an RIA and a family office -- and hold a major industry event modeled on Charles Schwab's annual Impact conference.

Royal Securities to pay $175,000 in FINRA fines over non-traditional ETF sales, church bonds and other violations.

The husband-and-wife team is the eighth team to join HighTower’s New York headquarters.

The agency plans a deeper focus on the role and duties of financial advisors this year, says chairwoman Mary Jo White.

Without viable succession plans, wealth managers are at risk of slowly drifting off into oblivion -- willing partners in their own firms' demise. It's negligent behavior, and anything but benign.

Firm's partners say they wanted 'control of our destiny -- we wanted to own our own equity.'

LPL Financial is positioning itself as a simplifying agent for advisors facing a stream of new technological innovation.

A prominent provider of custodial services to RIA firms takes a big step to upgrade its core technology platform.

Focus has assisted in a series of high-profile moves, Convergent pulled a director from Evercore and LPL and Commonwealth swapped firms. Here's a roundup of some of the most recent advisor moves in the independent channel.