Early planning for potential tax hikes is key.

The recruits include a 37-year industry veteran who co-managed $240 million in client assets.

Two-thirds of women say they don’t work with an advisor because they believe they can’t afford it or don’t have the necessary assets.

The firm agreed to “remove language that formed the basis of the alleged misrepresentations."

The regional BD has maintained a steady influx of wirehouse advisors.

Two teams with $344 million in total AUM are tasked with expanding the firm’s presence in Mexico and South America.

Recent lawsuits highlight the unpredictable nature of litigation in a post-Broker Protocol world.

Traditional lenders usually refused cash-strapped minority seniors, which explains why they became such easy prey, an expert says.

The firm said this is the first of several new teams it plans to add this summer.

Tariffs associated with the U.S.-China trade war could cause a bigger than expected adjustment.

The legislation nullifies a strategy that previously allowed heirs to stretch an inherited account's tax-deferred growth based on their life expectancy.

The fast-growing firm now has more than 100 brokers.

The firm is “looking to aggressively compete” by lowering and simplifying the fees on its advisory platforms, a top executive says.

Mainstays of the sector like Commonwealth, Cambridge and Northwestern Mutual are contributing to it, but smaller firms are also driving change.

The No. 1 IBD aims to triple its potential target market reach, in part by adapting some aspects of employee services to independence.

The regional BD opened its third new location in Texas this year.

The wirehouse loses four more advisors to the regional BD.

“I think we forget what it was like when we were the associates,” says one firm’s co-owner.

The legislation includes a provision that would raise the age limit for making contributions and taking required minimum distributions.