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Independent financial advisors list the advantages they have found tailoring fee structures to their and their clients' liking.

Bad retirement advice forced a woman to take a job earning little more than minimum wage to make ends meet, her lawyer says.

The commission ups its scrutiny of retirement-focused advisors and broker-dealers as elder fraud skyrockets, securities lawyer says.

The three advisors all joined the super-regional firm from Janney Montgomery Scott.

Two former National Planning Corporation brokers "are just normal dudes and they just screwed up," says a lawyer for one of the men.

Pershing CIO Ram Nagappan offers a framework to help advisors think about how to transform their businesses to digital.

Some breakaway advisors duplicate some of the rah-rah found at their former employers, others relish the newfound informality, but either way, they get to set the tone.

From starting an RIA to joining an independent broker-dealer, there are myriad options for advisors seeking to go independent.

More than two-thirds of brokerage and RIA executives say there aren't enough young advisors to go around, according to a Fidelity survey.

The wirehouse pulled in recruits from rival firms UBS, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Barclays.

How to help women in junior roles take the steps to become successful independent advisors.

The brokerage model as the industry knows it may be pushed aside by a future fiduciary standard.

Wells Fargo Advisors hopes to have 5,000 out of its 15,000-plus advisors using social media tools next year.

Choosing a broker-dealer and/or a custodian is one of the most important decisions for advisors going independent. Here are five questions for each choice.

Aggressive transition packages, expiring contracts and deals adding up to a 400% payout for some advisors are helping wealth management firms recruit new teams.

See which independent broker-dealers reported over 20% payout growth and what their average payout is.

Bank of America's Keith Glenfield says clients at the firm's Merrill Lynch wealth management unit are using alternatives to take a more deliberate approach to core allocations.

The Bank of America unit for ultrahigh-net-worth clients hired a 20-year industry veteran to oversee a key team of advisors.

Roll-up firm adds six advisors from the insurer and one more from Hutchinson Financial.

To what extent do advisors push for the last piece when going independent?