Established firms have an edge as the M&A market moves toward another record year.

A long-awaited IPO comes with many questions.

The chief executive of Foothill Securities said he was motivated to look for a buyer for some assets because of rising compliance costs.

The platform provider has added an estimated $1 billion in assets in two months.

Breaking down the benefits and red flags of the industry's leading acquirers.

By buying EverBank Financial, the insurance and retirement savings behemoth will gain billions of dollars in low-cost deposits and access to many new lending products that it can offer to millions of clients.

The percentage of M&A deals involving brokers leaving for advisory firms has plunged.

The digital M&A trend has much in common with the wildly popular game app.

Assets under advisement were said to be $13 billion. The AUM was much less.

"Call it an arms race of offerings," says Jonathan Beatty of Schwab Advisor Services.