Independent advisors

The No. 20 IBD unveiled a total of 15 practices joining its ranks in the fourth quarter.

Advisors are jumping to firms with established infrastructure.

The five consultants spent a combined 55 years at the No. 1 IBD, and they set up shop near two of its main corporate offices.

LPL's acquisition of National Planning Holdings' assets alone resulted in 10 moves of $744 million or more of clients assets.

Exclusive: The No. 4 IBD unveiled a new bank-based team even as its competitor began revealing its retained firms under the acquisition.

Roughly 300 ex-NPH advisors have chosen smaller IBDs over LPL Financial after its massive acquisition.

Robo-advisors, micro-investing are making the old ways of doing business obsolete.

The No. 29 IBD has unveiled two significant recruiting moves in the past two months.

The buyer of the broker-dealer to some 1,200 hybrid advisors is not a private equity firm.

The IBD has boosted payouts for advisors as it trims lower producers from its ranks.