Going independent

Three things to focus on when you’re starting an RIA.

Recruiting is likely to accelerate as the pandemic abates, writes Mark Elzweig.

An RIA platform launched by compliance professionals is growing by offering a smaller home for wirehouse and reverse breakaways, Advisory Services Network COO Cindy Halpern explains in an episode of Financial Planning’s Podcast.

Phased succession plans that stagger the amount of equity changing hands can help usher in the next generation of financial advisors, PPC Loan Managing Partner Dustin Mangone says in an episode of Financial Planning’s Invest Podcast.

A lull due to the coronavirus appears to be over, according to the No. 1 IBD’s top recruiter. The firm is still competing against a slew of rivals for ex-wirehouse reps.

The amount of financial advisors changing firms doesn’t capture the breadth of the challenge broker-dealers face to retain them, recruiter Jodie Papike says in an episode of Financial Planning’s podcast.

A chance phone call and breakfast changed these advisors’ career trajectories.

Advisors can use the information to build custom, values-based portfolios for their clients.

The recent moves display the stakes of the competitive recruiting fight, which has led to firms like AmeriFlex seeking to give advisors greater flexibility and resources.

If these black financial advisors meet the goal, it will defy the industry's stark racial disparities: early career growth at that level just “doesn't happen in our demographic,” one partner says.

Planners — and RIAs that want to hire them — have faced hurdles tied to client solicitation rules.

More often than not, wirehouses were on the losing side of these moves.

The additions came amid a revamping of the firm’s independent advisor compensation.

The ex-Northwestern Mutual advisors dropped their broker registrations, selecting the TAMP and platform’s services in the process.

The firm's top recruiter explained its approach to helping advisors keep up with a rapidly changing profession.

Integrated Partners added a family office practice eyeing wirehouse breakaways as part of a dozen recruiting grabs for the No. 1 IBD and its OSJs.

Washington Trust warned that it could lose $3 million in annual revenue after two top advisers left to join a brokerage firm. Other banks are facing similar hits.

A stroll down the corridors at professional gatherings is always a good idea. Here are ways to have the most fruitful conversations.

Joseph Mazzucco and at least two dozen other advisors affiliated with the No. 1 IBD in eight moves over a seven-week span.

Billy Ricketts is most likely the elder stateswoman of wealth management — but she and her grandson believed it was time for something new.