Independent BDs

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.

There are red flags that may be pointing to elder fraud in a client account.

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

The IBD network joins asset managers and other companies developing new methods to display how the products integrate into client portfolios.

Dan Arnold deployed a five-pronged argument for why consolidation is a recruiting boon for the No. 1 IBD.

The new recruits came at the expense of wirehouse rivals Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo.

The Advice & Wealth Management segment added 72 experienced advisors who affiliated in the second quarter.

The firm isn’t “the high bidder,” and that’s just fine, according to Paul Reilly.

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.

AR Capital, Schorsch and former CFO Brian Block allegedly raked in millions through inflating fees in REIT mergers.

Wealth Enhancement Group has also grown organically by more than $1 billion each of the past two years.

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.

Robert Limmer made the move after less than a year at Gladstone Wealth Group.

The entrepreneur's OSJ also recruited an advisor named after J.P. Morgan and another new affiliated practice.

Two perennial champions retained their top ranks in 2019 — but the aging demographic poses challenges for all firms, according to J.D. Power.

A barred broker told clients the lifestyle media company was about to be acquired, so “they needed to act quickly,” according to the regulator.

Summit Brokerage Services wasn’t feeding the notifications into the transactions blotter while its ownership went into flux, according to the regulator.