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Increasing costs hitting financial advice industry 

Expenses are rising: LPL Financial said in October that its core general and administrative expenses were up 15% year-over-year.

Rising costs of acquisitions, higher salaries for employees, and competitive recruiting bonuses for financial advisors, along with the record spike in interest rates, are making it more costly to run large wealth management enterprises. Some are wondering whether that will result in either layoffs a

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