The bank’s star recruit, a veteran advisor to famous authors, financiers and professional athletes is not happy about what she alleges is 'poaching.'

The firm’s newest business unit’s first move is to acquire portfolio personalization software from Optimal Asset Management.

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After two years of record M&A, rising asset prices and increasing digitization, independent advisors are poised to take on the brokerages, executives said.

Signs point to yes, say our columnists, who note that COVID-19 pandemic conditions have proved a boon to the firms and M&A activity.

Intercontinental Wealth Advisors this week announced a partnership and sponsorship with UTSA standout Rashad Wisdom. But his connection with the firm is much deeper than that.

The wirehouse’s compensation system will see small changes as brokerages confront their recruiting and retention challenges.

SBA lenders remain the most common source of capital, but there is a conventional and increasingly popular option.

Avantax Wealth Management says it had to cancel its advisor event because of COVID. But the Nashville resort that planned to host the meeting says it’s still owed $1.3 million, despite the circumstances.

The number of reps is tumbling from the wealth manager’s previous position atop the industry.

Ronald T. Molo of Illinois allegedly stole money from his clients for mortgage payments, home renovations, luxury SUVs and more.

Facing a growing number of rivals in the independent channel, the wirehouse is boosting the compensation rate for more than 3,000 reps.

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In early September, a California jury awarded former Edward Jones broker Dalas Gundersen $30 million in damages for defamation from the firm, nearly $9 million more from the two ex-colleagues.

Lina Maria Garcia, president and chief compliance officer of UCB Financial Advisers, has been charged for her alleged role in a fraud that funneled millions of dollars to her romantic partner’s parents.

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The executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Financial Markets and Policy says the financial industry is navigating an era of unprecedented change. Here’s why he’s so excited about what’s next.

The firm’s head of acquisition, strategic growth and retention discusses how the wirehouse aims to expand among historically excluded groups.

Another big name in private equity is betting on an independent wealth manager and buying out a minority investor that fueled the RIA consolidator’s expansion.

Wealthfront is exploring a sale that could value the automated wealth manager at as much as $1.5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.