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The current arrangement is anti-fiduciary and could put a drag on the wealth management boom, writes Kevin Armstrong.

Advisors and clients at Bank of America's brokerage can now collaboratively create multiple accounts across the firm simultaneously.

The tax-focused wealth manager’s parent disclosed lower first-quarter earnings after an eventful period marked by a proxy fight and a reported acquisition offer.

The enterprise could reach more than 50 registered representatives in the next couple of months, depending on how many of them leave MassMutual.

As its advisor headcounts in the W-2 channel have stagnated, Raymond James Advisor Select added a major former UBS quartet.

The company has benefited from a market surge, new investors and an uptick in broker breakaways.

The nation’s largest independent broker-dealer will onboard a substantially higher share of assets and advisors than after its last comparable deal in 2017.

The parties are combining forces to offer other practices a longer term alternative to private equity deals.

The self-clearing custodian has unified its broker-dealer and RIA segments under one division at the company.

Private equity-backed Wealth Enhancement Group unveiled its third largest deal ever and its first location on the West Coast.

Most young and mass market clients still turn to traditional firms, but a shift toward app-based accounts is under way, according to Broadridge data.

More growth is on the way: the No. 1 IBD has one more massive recruiting move and a $300M acquisition to complete.

Joe Skarda, who was previously managing director of JPMorgan Chase’s U.S. wealth management central division, will oversee a unit that houses Key’s private bank, family wealth and mass affluent business segments.

Advisor Group, Raymond James, LPL, New York Life, Stone Point Capital, and other news and moves of the week in the financial advice world.

The firm slimmed down its headcount slightly, even as it saw an uptick in advisor-related revenues from fees and asset management.

The litigation reveals how wealth managers’ deals with product sponsors work and how one with a former Voya unit went awry.

The company upped its recruiting package last year, a change that has been “very well received by prospective advisors,” according to the CEO.

The firm’s recruiting is also gaining steam, despite the ongoing impact to its bottom line from low interest rates.

The 20-advisor team left Advisor Group’s Securities America for the private equity-backed holding company’s independent subsidiary, Cadaret Grant.

The Swiss bank added a sprinkle of new US advisors for the first time in years, amid record quarterly profits and plans for global job cuts.