The independent broker-dealers big enough to serve the most financial advisors enjoy advantages but face distinct challenges.

Amid coronavirus-imposed lockdowns, the firm will retool and retrain approximately 3,000 young advisors.

The wirehouse added a pair of veteran advisors from its rival after picking up several new hires in recent weeks.

The Minnesota-based Falldin-Mattson Group was previously at Morgan Stanley.

It will be the largest bank channel team at the IBD, with its former clearing house Pershing taking a hit.

The cuts are among the first under new CEO Kentaro Okuda, who since taking the reins has said an existing $1.3 billion restructuring plan is no longer enough.

An all-woman team joined the firm in Miami while a branch manager is installed in a new Northern California office.

Procyon Partners, which caters to UHNW clients and retirement plans, had a rocky separation from the same former firm.

The asset manager’s culture is allegedly one in which women's careers are destined to stall and portfolio-manager ranks are reserved for white men, the lawsuit claims.

The latest roundup of 32 IBD affiliation moves, M&A deals and expert studies reveals the mixed impact of the coronavirus.

Three of the quartet join the South Dakota office, while the fourth is in Washington state.

Unexpected tailwinds from the global pandemic have made recruitment more efficient and have highlighted advisor-client bonds.

Non-disclosure agreements and mandatory arbitration are part of what critics call a machine of silence that shields bad behavior from becoming public.

The chief executive outlined a future where offices need not be fully staffed.

The group had been at their previous firm for 14 years.

The new hire joins a fast-growing complex in Northern California.

A lawsuit will turn on whether UBS can demonstrate that Alexandra Van Meurs violated contract agreements when she and her team jumped to Morgan Stanley.

The list shows how firms of all sizes face a pivotal balancing act in seeking to recruit and retain advisors.

Northwestern Mutual’s practices raise difficult questions about the nature of retail advice just as wealth management faces greater scrutiny under new rules.

After 30 years in the wirehouse world, we found an unlooked-for opportunity for our practice amid devastation.