RIAs

With a team approach focused on transparency and employee development, Truepoint continues to succeed not just on financial marks but also on the two metrics it tracks: client and employee satisfaction.

Advizent, the would-be marketing and branding consortium for independent advisors, closed down Thursday, one year after its ambitious launch by industry heavyweights Steve Lockshin and Charles Goldman.

What do former president George W. Bush, country songwriter Pat Green, four days of advisor-focused panels, and a dance party have in common? They are all aspects of Raymond James' 2013 national conference.

FSI has added Derek Bruton of LPL and Seth Miller of Tranamerica Financial Advisors to its board.

The happiness of the independent advisor appears to be slightly overrated. By a slight but significant margin, advisors in RIAs aren’t as happy with their careers as those in wirehouses.

Barnaby Grist, Cetera’s executive vice president of wealth management and a high-profile hire from Charles Schwab in 2010, is stepping down to care for his parents in England and his wife’s parents on the East Coast, says a spokeswoman for the broker-dealer network.

Dallas should be a dream market for independent advisors. But unlike the San Francisco, it has not been as hospitable to independent wealth management firms.

Fast-growing JHS Capital Advisors has opened a new office in Baton Rouge, La. -- the company’s first in that state.

For the visually inclined, we've created an infographic to highlight some of the major shifts under way in demographics, technology and global wealth.

A former Massachusetts CFP and his colleague spent $1 million of their clients’ funds on personal expenses, including fast food, legal fees and ATM withdrawals at casinos, the SEC alleges.