OSJs

The firm has signed four big recruiting deals in the past three months.

The Arizona-based firm serves as a super OSJ, supporting advisors who work for 13 affiliated credit unions as either employees or independent financial advisors.

Implementation of fiduciary rule could drive more IBDs to seek safe harbor with large partners.

Here's what smaller firms hoping to get out of the broker-dealer business need to know.

Two of its Royal Alliance firms form a $2.5 billion powerhouse.

The nation's largest IBD vows to take a “proactive approach” to the fiduciary rule.

The firm says it "terminated" its relationship with the large OSJ. It’s the third large split in two months.

Regional directors are “sorry to see Doug go," a Cetera adviser says. Tom Taylor, now COO, will take his place.

Too much growth has led to a slowdown in business efficiencies. Smart firms need to fix their operating models.

Casady provides both consistency and a fresh approach, leaders of the firm's OSJs say.

A $650M firm serving HNW clients wanted help "navigating regulatory change."

News that LPL may be looking for suitors comes at a time of financial pressure for the country's largest independent broker-dealer.

After being jilted by the nation’s largest IBD, the organization breaks new ground with membership additions.

The leading IBD cut a top consulting division that catered to its largest firms and set up potential conflict between groups of advisers: those in and out of OSJs.

Steps firms can take to better serve advisers and become industry leaders.

These advisory hubs appeal to those to want both independence and a corporate structure.

More advisors are affiliating with larger firms through richly resourced super OSJs that offer a close-knit working environment.

Travails of parent company RCS Capital have been "distracting" but haven't impeded expansion, says Douglas King, Cetera Advisor Networks' president and CEO.

Marzano Capital Group joins LPL-affiliated recruiting firm Independent Advisor Alliance.

Impressed by LPL's size and scale, Faubourg Private Wealth Advisors also liked the idea of working with super-OSJ Level Four for additional flexibility, the firms' investment models and multi-custodian platform.