Independent advisors

Firms that haven't been afraid of generous recruiting offers have shown the greatest growth in recent years.

A federal judge agrees with plaintiffs that the Federal Trade Commission lacks authority to set rules on unfair competition.

With rate cuts still on the horizon, some advisors wonder if it's time to look for returns beyond high-yield savings and money market accounts.

The Atlanta-based independent broker-dealer thinks some advisors will always feel ill at ease at big firms that keep getting bigger. That's where it sees its opportunity.

Despite the apparent decline, the independent broker-dealer giant remains one of the leaders in advisor recruiting and merger and acquisition deals.

The private equity-backed advisory aggregator plans to use a consolidation process in "coming months" to bring its various brokerages under one brand.

Nearly one out of three advisors at independent broker-dealers has thought about going solo in the past year, a new survey finds.

The Wall Street giant has been moving away from providing in-house retail investment advice to finding ways it can support smaller firms.

The prohibition would be on most contract provisions meant to keep emplolyees from taking jobs with competitors.

Three advisory teams managing $10 billion in the San Francisco area are among an ongoing wave of departures from the biggest U.S. bank.