Recruiting

The industry critic joins other profs who became financial advisors. She's serving as the part-time principal of a new practice launched by a longtime friend.

The deal valued at $140 million plus earnout payments will enable the No. 1 IBD to tap into an OSJ's growth while remaining its brokerage, custodian and RIA.

While most midsize firms are folding into the largest players, the company could take an alternate path if it builds on its record recruiting.

The third title in six years for the respected program highlights how financial advisors and wealth management firms are investing in the future of the industry.

After its spinoff from giant accounting firm RSM, the newly standalone firm struck an agreement to add on to its existing base of $13.5 billion in client assets.

Four out of five executives believe there will be a recession in the next six months, according to a survey from PwC.

The wirehouse is adding pay bumps for advisors with positive net new assets to encourage business growth in a time of shrinking client assets.

Securian's alleged tactics with departing managing partners highlight a troubling trend among firms claiming to offer flexibility and freedom.

The firm is also trying to upgrade its services for advisors through new digital chatting tools to get in touch with the corporate office without any phone calls.

The benefit is for entry-level employees at the investment firm's call centers in several states.

The brokerage added more than 200 independent financial advisors for the second quarter in a row while driving up the productivity of its existing ranks.

Fidelity Investments is hiring an additional 100 people for its digital assets unit, stepping up an expansion that started in May and taking advantage of turmoil among crypto firms to lure talent. 

JPMorgan Chase has hired a new head of digital assets regulatory policy, less than a month after CEO Jamie Dimon told lawmakers that cryptocurrencies are "decentralized Ponzi schemes."

FPA 2022 President-Elect James Lee explains how the organization plans to pursue protection for a title that some advisors say is misused in the industry.

The influx during a challenging quarter displays how the wirehouse's three channels are starting to work together in tandem, CEO James Gorman says.

Despite losing more than 500 brokers from its headcount in the third quarter, the wirehouse sees strong recruiting momentum in its pipeline.

CEO Jamie Dimon drove the headlines with predictions about the "kind of odd" economy. Meanwhile, the firm's wealth units quietly added hundreds of recruits.

The presidents of two RIAs that use outside broker-dealers discuss how independent wealth managers are morphing in an effort to keep up with a fast-changing industry. Where do brokers fit in the future of wealth management?

Separate announcements by Concurrent Advisors and Private Advisor Group display why flexibility for financial advisors is valuable to growing RIAs.

One of the most active dealmakers in the industry attracted a high net worth practice that chose it out of an expanding group of potential suitors.