Economy

OnWallStreet's annual ranking of top wirehouses and regional broker-dealer firms in the employee advisory channel gives an encouraging snapshot of the wealth management industry. This year’s analysis from surveys and both corporate and public filings shows growth across the board.

Advisors can avoid risks and find success in breaking away to independence, says Shirl Penney, founder of Dynasty Financial Partners.

Comprehensive financial planning isn't just good for clients. It's also good for business -- and advisors and their firms are paying attention.

Clarity in strategic vision and compensation boosts advisor satisfaction, according to a new J.D. Power & Associates study.

Father-and-son advisor team managing more than $200 million in assets left Sterne Agee for Raymond James.

Every year we run the numbers to see how the top 10 list would change if the B-D networks aggregated their revenue numbers. This year we added another twist, looking at how the rankings would be affected if the new RCS network had in fact been put together before the end of the year.

A Stifel advisor team that managed almost $200 million in assets has left the firm to join Raymond James & Associates.

An advisor team managing more than $170 million in client assets has left UBS to join Stifel, Nicolaus.

UBS, Switzerland’s biggest bank, named former U.S. Senator George Mitchell chairman of a new advisory council for the firm’s business in the Americas.

Citigroup assets at its Asian wealth management businesses climbed to a record $251 billion at the end of May as U.S. and European banks have been seeking to boost their wealth businesses in Asia to tap rising affluence in economies from China to Southeast Asia.

UBS AG is a better bet than its Zurich neighbor Credit Suisse Group AG even though it’s more exposed to legal risks, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts.

Sterne Agee Group's former chief executive officer faces a U.S. probe into whether he misused company assets such as airplanes, boats, hunting clubs and condominiums, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

Dos and Don’ts with 401(k) Plans; Building Retirement Savings; Income Strategies

High compensation tends to draw top producers. So how do advisors fare at the various independent broker-dealers? The FP50 tracks payout across the top firms; click through to see the independent B-Ds with the highest average payout.

U.S. authorities in Puerto Rico are investigating allegations that a former UBS AG broker improperly advised clients to borrow money to make investments, a person briefed on the probe said.

Two former RBC advisors managing about $230 million in combined assets jumped to Baird.

A trio of former Raymond James advisors has moved to Stifel, Nicolaus, the traditional employee broker-dealer of Stifel Financial.

Wells Fargo poached four advisors managing more than $450 million in client assets from rivals UBS and Morgan Stanley.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has enticed a former BlackRock managing director out of retirement to head its affluent segment and strategy.

Dedicating enough time and conducting the proper amount of due diligence is the best way to ensure where you're going is a better fit than where you've been.