Independent BDs

Firms still rely heavily on commission income despite drops last year.

The four advisers joined the more than 500 lost by the wirehouse in the last nine months.

The two advisers bolted in a quarter that saw their ex-firm lose 130 advisers.

The nation’s largest IBD plans to launch a platform with load-waived shares from 20 companies.

Depending on business mix, some advisers could see a pay cut.

Marketing and sales strategies are better received when firms provide information advisers are actually seeking.

The engine of future growth for the top independent broker-dealers is likely to be fees.

Concerns about management dragged down job satisfaction ratings in J.D. Power’s annual survey.

His move is also something of a reunion, as Steward Partners CEO Jim Gold once served as his manager at Smith Barney.

The magnate's fallen empire included RCS Capital, the onetime parent of Cetera Financial Group.