Independent BDs

As firms position their advisors to compete for future clients, diverging strategies have developed.

While such an act may seem like career suicide, it can in fact be a move to do just the opposite, according to attorneys.

The No. 7 IBD has unveiled five new internal classifications for practices in an effort, it says, to boost the customization of its services for advisors.

At least seven firms with outside RIAs have left the No. 1 IBD since it announced a change in policies last November.

A client's alleged complaint sparked a dispute between the wirehouse and its former advisors.

Shifts in the annual ranking of the nation's independent broker-dealers show how pressure on IBDs is intensifying.

The nation's largest IBDs are growing again, but are they innovating fast enough to keep up with the industry's transformation?

This interactive tool provides the full collection of data from Financial Planning's 33rd annual study of the largest firms in the space.

Thirteen of the top 25 companies generated double-digit growth in 2017 as rivals close in on the perennial No. 1 firm.

The fraudulent investments advertised guaranteed returns of up to 8% annually, the regulator says.