Sellers should focus on what buyers are really looking for, not just price or assets.

Team of 9 advisors is latest to depart amid transition to LPL.

Breakaway uncertainty is forcing the RIA to re-evaluate its growth strategies.

The division expects annual net inflows of 3% to 5% of AUM in the medium term.

Investment capital has become widely available, but advisors still face challenges.

The No. 29 IBD has unveiled two significant recruiting moves in the past two months.

The buyer of the broker-dealer to some 1,200 hybrid advisors is not a private equity firm.

The No. 1 IBD unveiled a $1.1 billion firm that is part of the first incoming wave of NPH’s assets.

More deals are expected in a post-DoL world, Schwab executives say.

Dec. 4: The asset management and wealth management space posted 35 deals worth $2.4 billion in total activity in the third quarter.

The estimated $490 million deal is a part of a push from Nippon Life to expand its asset management operations.

The No. 4 IBD has added 12 advisors with $2.1 billion in client assets since the acquisition.

A massive acquisition, the possible end of the Broker Protocol and other issues will shape the industry in 2018.

At least 274 advisors with $11.5 billion in client assets have left the fold since the acquisition.

There are savvy ways to position a firm for a future sale, experts at Schwab Impact told advisors, beyond focusing on revenue or AUM.

If an acquisitive advisory firm doesn’t perform due diligence on the seller’s fee structure, headaches are guaranteed, Michael Kitces writes.

The practice’s managing director blamed the No. 1 IBD in part for its move to Securities America.

Advisor Group BDs have poached at least four NPH practices after LPL acquired the network’s assets.

CEO Dan Arnold listed three reasons why the firm thinks its rivals peeled off some advisors.

The fourth largest IBD added a super OSJ with $650 million in AUM.