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In a business where scale is everything, regional broker-dealers are growing rapidly. Check out which firms have the most advisors, and which are gaining ground.

Nuveen Investments is currently prepping the Nuveen Global Tactical Opportunities Plus Fund to launch within the next few months, according to a regulatory filing.

Timid clients and more fee-based business weighed on transaction revenues. See which firms fared best over the past year.

Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services introduced a platform that it hopes will make mergers and acquisitions easier for registered investments advisors.

San Francisco-based Forward Funds is once again looking to scale down its alternative mutual fund offerings liquidating.

RidgeWorth Investments is beefing up its sales team with the addition of Christopher Danos, Scott Goldberg and Mallory Carr.

John Hancock has agreed to acquire Bellevue, Wash.-based Symetra Investment Services from Symetra Financial Corporation.

Huntington, NY-based Catalyst Capital Advisors has added George Amrhein as Director of Business Development to build upon the firm’s key distribution relationships and manage the continued expansion of its lineup of mutual funds.

Payout is top-of-mind for most independent advisors. Which firms had the largest growth in payout? According to Financial Planning's analysis, here are the top 10 firms.

Today we say that to be a canary in a coal mine is to be a warning to others. I couldn’t imagine a more fitting analogy then to say Japan is the canary for the U.S. And, fellow coalminers, Japan has stopped chirping.

As financial planning becomes a more important element of advisors' practice, fee revenues are ticking up across the board. Click through to see which firms are capitalizing the most on this movement.

Santa Fe, N.M.-based Thornburg Investment Management, a $87 billion asset manager, has established an office in London, first overseas office opened by U.S.-based TIM.

In 2012, 36% of all participants in Vanguard retirement plans invested their assets in a professionally managed investment option, more than double that did so in 2007.

Athens, Ga.-based Stadion Money Management’s family of actively managed risk-based and target date retirement funds have found a new home on the Mid Atlantic Trust Company’s platform.

Prudential Real Estate Investors has added Michael Gallagher as a director and portfolio manager to its global real estate securities team.

It can be difficult for new hires to excel in the planning industry. As a consultant to advisors, Top Advisor Coaching founder Matthew Halloran offers his take on what's happening with new recruits and what advisors need to consider.

When you launch your own RIA everything matters. Even the color pink.

Globally, women are more economically powerful than ever before. Kathleen Kingsbury write that, despite this financial influence, many women still struggle to express their personal power in the workplace.

To generate more high-level referrals, Bill Cates suggests advisors try hosting a simple, targeted educational seminar populated by clients and their friends.

Janney continues to emphasize its focus on the Southeast with the addition of two former Stephens advisors in Columbia, S.C.