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Bill Capuzzi has had a first-hand view of wealth management’s disruption. He details the key innovations winners will bring to the industry.

Short sellers tend to go against the tide, making investments based on a belief that a stock is going to tank. These 10 banks have drawn the greatest amount of short-interest activity recently.

The firm is asking a judge to dismiss a class action suit and force a former broker into arbitration, instead.

Healthy wage growth in some locations is offsetting increasing rates and housing prices.

The newly independent advisors added a new team and are looking to bring on more practices.

Dan Arnold received a 155% raise in his first year atop the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer.

Planners are seeking the independence and support that they say they aren’t getting at wirehouses.

As the financial planning industry nears a fee-only, fiduciary world, independent broker-dealers will face some important choices about their future business models.

IBDs and regional firms are making the biggest changes, but RIAs have room for growth as well.

She'll now be responsible for supervisory operations at one of the largest firms she once helped regulate.

The bank aims to have a total of 4,000 representatives by year-end in Merrill Edge, which now has 2.4 million accounts and $184.5 billion in assets.

The broker belonged to Morgan Stanley's Chairman's Club, a group reserved for the elite among the firm's advisor ranks.

The bank recruited a wealth executive from J.P. Morgan Chase to “continue accelerating the unit’s pace of growth,” it said.

After the digital advice firm reportedly saw its valuation drop $200 million, industry executives ask if independent robo advisors are on borrowed time.

The wirehouse hires will aid Advizr's focus on reaching smaller broker-dealers, says chief executive Hussain Zaidi.

National Financial Services accused the brokers' former IBD of breach of contract in a case displaying the complexities of such moves.

Sometimes, crunching the numbers shows surprising results. Here’s how advisors can evaluate the tradeoffs of relocating to regions with lower taxes.

Despite leaving the Broker Protocol, UBS continues to selectively recruit high-end teams.

Wirehouses have been losing talent as advisors seek more freedom in how they structure their practices.

The firm is seeking to buy wealth management assets more aggressively after gaining greater clarity from global regulators on how much capital the bank will need over coming years.