Jason Co is out to prove that advisors can serve Asian Americans effectively and profitably. His FAANetwork is the result.

Bill Hamm's Independent Financial Partners took a rare step in 2019 when the firm left LPL to launch its own brokerage. Now it's offering an interesting recruiting pitch to financial advisors.

The Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act helps families avoid forced property sales in at least 24 states, according to a study sponsored by JPMorgan Chase.

Firms with big recruiting loan balances are often the ones with the most success hiring advisors from industry rivals. But the numbers also suggest they're offering increasingly generous deals.

Financial advisors considering a career move may not need a recruiter, but the right one can open doors to more firms, negotiate compensation and help manage the transition.

Rossby Financial is deploying a profitability tool as it competes against much larger RIAs for financial advisor talent.

In Wells' latest big recruiting deal, two separate groups at Merrill are coming together to form Twin Harbors Private Wealth at Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, or FiNet.

Principality Private Wealth adds to the 115 teams &Partners has onboarded since its founding in 2023.

Bartoli Private Wealth Management Group comes to Wells Fargo following two other large advisory practices that recently joined from Morgan Stanley and UBS.

A GAO report suggests that blanket rules on spousal consent for 401(k) withdrawals could solve "financial infidelity problems — and exacerbate them.

Wells' latest advisor recruiting coup comes just days after it pulled over a 19-person team formerly managing nearly $6 billion at Morgan Stanley.

With about 41 million American workers lacking access to a retirement plan through their jobs, experts say advisors could play a pivotal role.

The Taylor Group of Wells Fargo Advisors is led by nine advisors, all of them relatively young and many of them siblings.

In an unusual development, LPL saw its advisor total decline slightly in the first quarter. And client assets brought in through advisor recruiting were down 55% year over year.

The Trump administration's push for alternative investments in 401(k)s steamrolls ERISA law, argues Knut Rostad.

The firms' collaboration shines a light on how the wealth management business works today and how it is evolving, as advisors weigh independence against the risks of "poking the bear" when they leave.

Court decisions vacated the Biden administration's DOL rule — but that didn't make rollover rules easy, experts say. Firms that get compliance right will have an edge in tapping a trillion-dollar-plus market.

A consulting and M&A advisory firm presented six prospective sellers to 17 buyers, with striking results for any advisory teams tapping into a frothy M&A market.

Ron Kruszewski led Stifel through a year that saw record revenue and strong advisor recruiting, but also a string of legal setbacks.

The annual Diamond Consultants advisor transition tracking study identified the winners and losers of 2025. But it also noted how quickly things can change.