Recruiting

As a significantly underrepresented group in the industry, Black planners and other wealth management professionals of all backgrounds have been tapping into the Quad-A network and professional development opportunities for decades.

The trends of big profits, consolidation and slow organic growth are creating a lot of contradictions with the pay of financial advisors and other RIA staff members, according to The Ensemble Practice's annual tracking study.

The days of a few firms hiring a summer intern with vague plans for them to perform menial tasks around the office may be finally coming to an end. Here's how experts say RIAs can create successful internship programs.

Succession planning experts say that the possible next generation of RIA owners need clear communication, tangible career paths and thoughtful compensation plans. But that is often easier said than done.

Anthropic lined up some of the biggest names in the industry for the rollout of Claude for Financial Advisors. But whether the tool is "revolutionary" or "just another integration," the hard work is just beginning for the AI firm and for its sole custody partner, Schwab Advisor Services.

Osaic expected advisor departures during its massive consolidation of nine separate broker-dealers within its corporate structure. But CEO Jamie Price says the effort positioned the firm well for a future liquidity event. Here's how the independent broker-dealer is rebuilding.

Merrill and Morgan Stanley executives' recent statements on recruiting seem to reveal starkly different approaches. But industry recruiters say they are just masking similarities.

A gathering for LGBTQ advisors and allies the day before LPL's flagship Focus conference drew executives, big-name sponsors and a standing-room crowd. So Marci Bair and other organizers are planning a standalone event next spring.

Interactive Brokers, also known by its hot ticker symbol of IBKR, shares much more fee information than most custodians, without revealing much in the way of its scale among RIAs. Can it gain greater reach in a competitive channel?

Justin Duke's move from BNY Wealth to Simon Quick Advisors shows how higher fees, rising asset minimums and tighter client constraints are pushing some bank advisors toward RIAs.

A $5,000 scholarship from Cary Carbonaro and the CFP Board aims to help break financial barriers for women seeking to enter financial planning.

One year after $300M deal, referrals through Robinhood that put younger investors in the pipeline and an ongoing clearing relationship with Wells Fargo reflect how TradePMR is a growing rival to the giants of the custody channel.

Some midsize firms joined three giants of the industry in surpassing their peers among independent brokerages, in terms of the percentage increase in their average payouts per financial advisor last year.

The largest firm in the independent brokerage channel is also the fastest growing. But the industry's rapid expansion alongside rising equity values over the past three years may be hiding some firms' vulnerabilities.

More than half of the independent brokerages participating in this year's IBD Elite study declined to disclose the share of women among financial advisors at their firms. Those that did provide data have done more to advance women than many of their rivals in the independent brokerage channel of wealth management.

Recruiter Jeff Nash of Bridgemark Strategies created five calculator tools that aim to help financial advisors understand the key contributors to their revenue, expenses and take-home compensation as they weigh their potential next moves.

Press an "easy button" for an internal succession or go the harder, often more lucrative route of leaving an employee brokerage to sell an independent practice? A new report from one recruiting firm shows which lane most advisors choose.

Rick Simonetti knows it's not easy recruiting private bankers and then moving their clients and assets. That hasn't stopped him from building Fidelis Capital into a $3 billion firm built largely on bankers pulled from Wells Fargo and Bank of America.

Over the past decade, the annual revenue gap between LPL and any other independent brokerage has soared to more than 100% from less than 1%. But that doesn't mean that the No. 1 firm can rest on those laurels.

As analysts raise concerns that AI could undermine the economics of generous transition deals, executives at Ameriprise, Stifel and Raymond James wonder if firms are paying too much to recruit advisors.