As independent wealth managers pitch potential recruits on their scale, the IBD network built tools and hired “growth officers” to work with practices.

Hundreds more financial advisors have flocked to the wealth manager this year, driving new highs in headcount, client assets and several other metrics.

CEO Ron Kruszewski predicted its independent arm will grow the way the employee brokerage has since the firm hired its first financial advisor in 1997.

The wealth manager’s financial advisor headcount is rising, along with the productivity of their practices.

One firm made three small changes that could appeal to brokers, while the other company’s overhaul will make it more closely resemble its competitors’ setups.

The public record designed to give clients a means of researching their advisor has no mention of some allegations, such as those against Eileen Cure.

Seven former Wells Fargo Private Bank planners left to join a firm seeking to expand where they say large banks and brokerages have pulled back.

A quartet of advisors with $400 million in assets chose the independent firm out of many suitors.

Giant wealth managers and megabanks have a long way to go if they’re truly going to set a new course for the industry’s relationship to a historically excluded group.

With top employees at a premium, winning the talent war means making earned media coverage a steady part of your company’s culture and employee engagement strategy.

The higher number of brokers in two of the megabank’s largest business segments reeled in higher client assets based on equity values and inflows.

The widely expected bump in benefits won’t alter the program’s fiscal sustainability.

Teams managing $7.5 billion in client assets flocked to Financial Advocates through referrals from other reps who had previously moved to the firm.

Expecting everything to work seamlessly from day one can lead to a rude shock.

"Hopefully one day the industry changes and no one is surprised to see me at a top producer event due to my race or gender, or both," writes advisor Sandra Cho.

The average 529 account holds less than $29,000, which would pay for about half of a year of tuition at the average private university or a year or more at a public university.

Bank of America is offering $200 awards to Merrill Lynch Wealth Management branch employees who return to the workplace and confirm they’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The PE-backed consolidators picked up firms with a combined $6.7 billion in client assets as high valuations and expansion plans bring sellers to the table.

An ex-executive with a firm acquired by the network three years earlier will lead FSC Securities as it seeks to grow in a competitive industry.

Here’s what one advisory firm found were the most common financial planning questions among a historically underserved group.