Independent BDs

The firm has a particular focus on female clients and empowering women to better control their finances.

The regulator and one of its largest members, LPL Financial, engaged in a back-and-forth on the controversial initiative.

The IBD network has an inside edge for ensuring advisors are ready if equities suffer a sustained fall, according to its president, Adam Antoniades.

The two firms' boosts came amid equity headwinds — and both wealth management units now have nearly 4,400 financial advisors.

Jamie Price and incoming majority owner Reverence promise more of the same for the 6,500-advisor IBD network.

The five advisors with $180 million in AUM opted to bolt for the firm launched by a practice once affiliated with Triad Advisors.

Reverence Capital Partners agreed to buy 75% of the 6,500-advisor IBD network from the ownership team that purchased it in 2016.

Advisor Group unveiled the prize-winning speech on the topic — along with eight new recruits to its IBDs — at its annual W Forum.

Lisa Dolly will give way to COO Jim Crowley later this year, parent firm BNY Mellon says.

In a bid to further enhance its capabilities for advisors, the firm is also slashing ETF transaction fees on select funds later this year.

The new recruits signed on with the firm’s independent and employee broker-dealer units.

Evolution Financial Advisors has grown to 86 advisors with $2.6 billion in client assets under Securities America.

The No. 1 IBD also nominated a new board member and tapped key executives for advisor support and government relations.

The advisors are the newest additions to the firm’s expanding brokerage ranks.

Independent Financial Partners aspires to be a “very, very small agent for change.”

An advisor was terminated after accepting money from a brother, who was also a client. Is such a loan allowed?

The regional BD adds two teams with $373 million in assets.

In the first full year under Atria Wealth, the firm added programs from banks and credit unions with $7 billion in assets.

The firm is looking at a range of “different opportunities” for potential wealth management deals, CEO Jim Cracchiolo says.

The company hopes to recruit new advisors by taking a version of its home office tour on the road.