Wealth management

The retirement powerhouse has made six deals so far this year, most recently acquiring Davidson & Garrard with $685 million in AUM.

The advisors joined existing practices within the bank's independent broker-dealer arm.

Doing homework and knowing how to enter and how to exit are essential.

There are several steps advisors can take to ensure their practices benefit from technology investments.

Nearly 17 million investors will use the technology by 2021, a rise of 1.8 million compared to last year, Aite says.

Armed with private equity capital, Carson Group rebrands and will become an aggressive M&A player, outsource provider and breakaway recruiter.

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An internal memo shows tight deadlines for half the brokers the IBD hopes to retain after the deal.

Buyers have big M&A advantage; many sellers stuck in 'the valley of doom,' advisors are told at Deals & Deal Makers Summit.

A different regulatory landscape is encouraging brokers to reconsider their options.

Above all others, millennials are likely to include the funds in their portfolios, Schwab says.

The key is creating a portfolio that clients will stick with through thick and thin.

Clients may hold employer stock in their retirement accounts. It pays to know when and how to take distributions from it, Michael Kitces writes.

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The market is estimated to be worth over $8 trillion in the U.S. alone.

Beefed-up market research will help the firm’s advisors, says President Adam Antoniades.

RBC has been on a recruiting tear, adding more advisors in the first half of 2017 than all of 2016.

The probability of success with stocks and bonds is higher and much easier.

The advisors join the regional BD’s offices in Chicago and Nashville, Tennessee.

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