Corporate governance

The IBD’s head of practice management says more planners should explore becoming ensembles, and she also divulged the firm’s “secret sauce.”

Technology can speed up the planning process, but advisors still need to smartly allocate human resources.

SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson Jr. said his office studied 15 years of data to assess how the firms utilized their power on hundreds of proposals.

The IBD network's AdvicePay integration could help the firm convert more retirement plan business into wealth management clients as it completes a record year for new assets.

New KMS Financial Services CEO Erinn Ford’s team has attracted 28 advisors in 2019.

The ensemble and enterprise pickups came after the No. 4 IBD added 70 advisors in the first nine months of the year.

The wealth management unit took in lower revenue from the year-ago period — but executives say its transformation is going according to plan.

When his dad passed away, my client would have to probate 60 different stocks and a New York property, plus handle charitable contributions. At the same time, 13 grandchildren would breathe down his neck for their inherited shares.

Median revenue surged by 18% in the sector, but forward-looking companies have already adjusted to a fast-changing industry.

Sergio Ermotti is under pressure to lift a stock that has trailed peers for a year.