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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.

The country's largest independent broker-dealer attracts 110 net new advisors in the fourth quarter.

While many financial advisors would prefer to have someone within their practice take over upon retirement, not enough are prepared for the internal succession planning process, according to one industry consultant.

Barclays Plc, the U.K.’s second- biggest bank by assets, will eliminate as many as 12,000 jobs this year, including more than 800 senior bankers, after fourth- quarter profit tumbled.

The Consumer Bankers Association believes banks and retailers need to have constructive conversations on security following last year's Target security breach.

A Laserfiche study finds better content management can improve firms' sale valuations by between $242K and $3.6M.

The Fed's tapering policy will likely result in a moderate rise in interest rates accompanied by modest equity returns, according to one investment strategist.

What makes top advisors different from everyone else? "They go deeper," says one practice management expert.

Steward Partners Global Advisory has added Hy Saporta, a former Citigroup executive, as chief operating officer, managing director and founding partner to help the firm gear up for growth.

The censure decisions are the result of reviews by the Board's Disciplinary and Ethics Commission, which meets three times a year.

We've ranked the top advisors in the bank channel based on trailing-12 production. See who comes out on top.

In her first major action as head of the unit, Wells Fargo Advisors president Mary Mack announced late last week a plan to split the Financial Services Group into three separately managed units.

Advisors need to spend more time helping clients plan for long-term care and inheritance allocations before problems arise, says one advisor and author.

Retiree-focused Cherrington Brotsky left Morgan Stanley to join broker-dealer FSC, a member of Advisor Group.

Stephen Mandel of Lone Pine Capital made hedge-fund investors the most money for the second straight year in 2013.

American College of Financial Services taps a Wells Fargo Advisors executive as chairwoman of its board of trustees.

New technology from Apple and others can help banks create appointments, share offers, crowdsource customer service and identify their best customers, all in real time.

ETFs are clearly gaining market share from mutual funds, but if you think that the two fund groups are enemies, you should think again.

A former head of commercial real estate at Wilmington Trust was charged with bank fraud, bribery and money laundering, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program announced Friday.

Money market funds possess trillions of dollars of short-term institutional investor funds. Now the SEC's proposed rule change for the industry may give banks an opportunity to attract institutional depositors with cash management offerings, says one bank consultant.