Independent BDs

The W Source expects to reach more than 40 chapters over the next three months, creating referral groups of hundreds of professionals.

The No. 1 IBD requested that other variable writers “contractually reaffirm their commitments to protecting trails,” an executive says.

An uptick in retirements dampened the firm’s efforts to expand its brokerage ranks.

Royal Alliance must pay more than $2.5 million to one ex-client while dealing with charges against the firm and a former rep by William Galvin’s office.

Private Advisor Group unveiled a new team with $175 million in client assets, while Integrated Financial Partners says it grew by $900 million in 2018.

An analyst expects “solid” recruiting figures for the fourth quarter after the No. 1 IBD added the five-advisor group plus an ex-Raymond James bank program.

The five new advisors kicked off recruiting in 2019 for the No. 4 IBD after it set a record in the previous year.

Many NEXT Financial reps would cash out their company shares while it boosts technology under a deal with Atria Wealth, the parties say.

The retirement plan-focused group’s new OSJ had left the No. 1 IBD in 2017 and will grow to 160 advisors under the move.

The growing number of commission-free planners at IBDs doesn't necessarily fit the industry’s accepted definition, or its traditional categories.

This is the first career move by Angie Messer and Greg Rust, who worked at the regional BD for 10 and 27 years, respectively.

Private Advisor Group is “cautiously optimistic” it could recruit a dozen teams with about $500 million in AUM each this year, an executive says.

Talent appears to be pouring from the wirehouse as more planners exit.

The LearnVest founder left the insurance giant and No. 6 IBD, in her latest surprise move after the firm shut down the startup’s online planning services.

The deal for Next Financial would grow the firm's portfolio in the sector to nearly 2,000 reps.

The No. 1 IBD is marshaling transition assistance, technology and other resources toward recruiting success across the firm and its bank channel.

Investigators say the onetime FiNet branch manager preyed on “particularly vulnerable” clients, including several with dementia.

The decision by Carson Group’s CEO came after a two-year examination of the business revealed some changes that needed to be made.

The IBD network’s parent repurchased the majority of Dr. Phillip Frost’s shares just before the SEC filed proposed settlements of its pump-and-dump case.

In this circus of an industry, what chance does an average investor have of finding somebody who will actually work on his or her behalf?