Independent BDs

Women need help in investing, and new niche robo advisers are providing a means to achieving financial confidence.

The executive suite transition has been years in the making.

One of the recruits has more than two decades of experience.

Who is poised to buy next year?

From regulators to technology providers to CEOs, these are the players who will remake wealth management in 2017.

Ex-RIA Richard G. Cody gave false reports to retirees for more than a decade, the SEC says. Many lost most of their life savings.

The new recruits joined from Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.

The broker-dealer's digital offering will be priced "on the lower end of the spectrum," according to top company executives.

The model for financial advice "is primed and ready for change," says Cetera CEO Robert Moore.

The potential for the fiduciary rule to be scuttled by the Trump administration helped drive the decision, sources say.