As the fee-based financial planning network adds more members and rolls out new services, some members raised questions about its ongoing business strategy.

The independent broker-dealer has launched subsidiary Bluespring Wealth Partners, which promptly snapped up two practices with $550 million in client assets.

Interest in acquiring advisory firms appears to be at an all-time high.

“We are looking at those issues about consolidation as one part of the equation,” Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti said.

Buyers compete fiercely for available firms even as they assert pricing is not out of hand.

Tiedemann Advisors is expanding outside the U.S. for the first time to better serve the cross-border needs of its high-net-worth clients.

The aggregator’s $300 billion-plus institutional retirement business is an advantage in a competitive market.

The deal will accelerate the firm’s digital-heavy client strategy, CEO Andy Rachleff said.

HighTower adds a nearly $1 billion RIA to its growing roster.

CEO Jamie Price unveiled a three-part “advisor appreciation program” after Reverence Capital closed on a majority stake of the IBD network.

President Adam Antoniades cites record expansion for the year, but the IBD network faces challenges related to recruiting and debt levels.

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The deal comes amid a flurry of similar digital investment acquisitions made by competing banks.

The industry’s most active aggregator makes its sixth purchase of the year.

Bleakley Financial has recruited advisors with $750 million in client assets since January 2018 alongside LPL’s substantial recent grabs.

Soaring demand for loans has spurred DeVoe & Co. to launch a referral service.

Newday’s tools include content centered around clients’ issues of focus and, soon, a corn-based compostable debit card.

HD Vest's parent displayed the growth coming from the acquisition of its former rival.

The RIA holding company reports a 30% rise in revenues and 30 M&A deals.

If reached, the deal would precede a potential IPO of the $52 billion firm, which oversees asset allocations of domestic and offshore pension funds.