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So far this year, Janney has onboarded 36 financial advisors. The newest team managed more than $290 million in client assets.

As the fee-based financial planning network adds more members and rolls out new services, some members raised questions about its ongoing business strategy.

The independent broker-dealer has launched subsidiary Bluespring Wealth Partners, which promptly snapped up two practices with $550 million in client assets.

The wirehouse has experienced attrition while the regional BD has been on a hiring streak.

“Impacted positions span all staffing grades, as well as organizations and locations across the company," the company says.

Revenue numbers take a back seat to cultural and leadership intangibles when selecting a partner who will preserve your firm's value and carry it into the future.

The firm’s new additions include three brokers previously affiliated with Wells Fargo Advisors.

Sounds simple in theory, but when it comes to naming an RIA there are plenty of options to consider.

“We are looking at those issues about consolidation as one part of the equation,” Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti said.

The IBD trade group launched a public campaign after more than 80 cases this year alleging inadequate disclosure of mutual fund fees and compensation.

The firm’s director of technology and client engagement discusses chatbots, predictive analytic tools and what else is up next for advisors.

The SEC published more than 1,300 pages of regulatory information. Here's what advisors need to know.

The IBD failed to adequately disclose conflicts of interest to clients related to receiving $10.8 million from mutual funds and its clearing broker, the SEC says.

Internal hire Chuck Hastings will make the move from the firm's asset management division.

Due to a 2010 FINRA rule change the answer is — with difficulty.

The insurer lost four prominent female executives earlier this year in departures CEO John Schlifske called “a step backward.”

At her new OSJ, Laura LaTourette is teaming up with fellow influential planner Marci Bair to help educate allies and create more avenues for reps to meet.

UBS Global Wealth Management, which oversees more than $2.48 trillion in invested assets, has gone underweight on equities for the first time since the euro-zone crisis.

John VanEngelenhoven, who had worked at Schwab for 14 years, custodies with rival TD Ameritrade at the new firm.

This is the 14th new location the regional BD has opened so far this year.