Practice management

The firm aims to maximize its value to advisors, but observers caution that it faces big challenges.

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

Upgraded portfolios and easier onboarding processes have helped, but more needs to be done, advisors say.

Get ready for advisors to run for the exits.

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

The award marks the largest of its kind this year.

Independent Financial’s haul includes a new affiliated RIA launched by five of the practices.

This year's additions to our expanded annual list of CFP Board-registered degree programs.

Face-to-screen technology will allow advisors to seek clients from around the globe — it also will increase competition.

The brokers joined Wells Fargo's independent broker-dealer.

The wirehouses have lost teams overseeing more than $12 billion in client assets over the past month, according to recent hiring announcements.

A quick look inside the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Woodbury Financial has peeled off more than 80 advisors in the wake of LPL’s giant acquisition.

The delay was partly prompted by BlackRock’s testimony that policymakers, not index compilers, should set corporate governance standards.

Four of the departures happened in New York following the firm's abrupt departure from the Broker Protocol.

Who would the changes help — and hurt? Baird’s director of advanced planning weighs in.

New firm registrations have soared by 75% over the past five years, according to Schwab.

Self-directed IRAs can provide solid returns and tax protection.

When disaster struck, this tool helped Titus Wealth Management find affected clients in minutes.