Growth strategies

It's important to teach younger advisors every aspect of your practice. Start with "I don't know."

The aggregator’s $300 billion-plus institutional retirement business is an advantage in a competitive market.

The firm added an experienced advisor from Wells Fargo after recruiting 72 other tenured reps in the second quarter.

President Adam Antoniades cites record expansion for the year, but the IBD network faces challenges related to recruiting and debt levels.

To stand apart from broker-dealers, advisors may not need tougher rules, but smarter marketing.

The RIA holding company reports a 30% rise in revenues and 30 M&A deals.

Ladenburg Thalmann's largest firm has added at least five teams in the wake of recent acquisitions by rivals.

The freshly recapitalized firm is offering succession services without any custodial or affiliation requirements.

After affiliating with Advisor Group following its acquisition, Signature Estate & Investment Advisors aims to offer its TAMP across the network.

Integrated Partners added a father-son team, surpassing its recruited client assets from the previous year.

Commonwealth and Edward Jones remain the top-rated firms — J.D. Power notes they share a few characteristics in common.

Aaron Schaben and Teri Shepherd are named co-presidents of the wealth firm.

Independent Advisor Alliance also started a robo advisor under Betterment for Advisors after adding more than $2 billion in assets over the past 12 months.

Summit Brokerage Services will fold 450 advisors into one of the 41 OSJ regions under Cetera Advisor Networks this summer.

The firm has shed fund holdings in defensive sectors such as health care and consumer staples.

The firm's chief has led growth to an expected $1 billion in revenue this year from $7 million in 1998 when she joined. It's a matter of embracing the sector's evolution, she says.

Adding clients may increase the top line, but it may come at the expense of profits, free time and even happiness.

How to know when you’ve reached that just-right size.

The No. 1 IBD aims to triple its potential target market reach, in part by adapting some aspects of employee services to independence.

High-AUM RIAs at TD Ameritrade’s Elite LINC tell how they grew their firms when they were starting out.