Ameriprise is offering up to 125% of trailing revenue to reel in top-producing Commonwealth advisors from LPL as a recruiting battle continues to rock the independent advisor industry.
Amid growing regulatory and demographic tailwinds, advisors who embrace retirement planning can tap into an entirely new pool of clients.
Inflation, Social Security uncertainty, and day-to-day expenses are fueling retirement insecurity across all generations.
United Planners' costs related to lawsuits and regulators' actions into the advisor continue to rise.
The latest independent advisor additions in Alaska and Washington oversaw a collective $550 million in client assets at their former firm.
After more than doubling its market share, the challenger RIA custodian is looking to deepen its reach in the enterprise advisor tech scene.
But most would want an advisor to help manage contributions
Smaller firms and hybrid advisors may see relief as Finra looks to ease compliance burdens and update its oversight approach.
Meanwhile, GPB senior executives' sentencing for fraud pushed to May.
Financial regulators face hurdles to implement new rules
The half-dozen teams who joined the hybrid RIA in the early innings of 2025 have lifted it past a key asset milestone.
RBC and Rockefeller strengthened their East Coast presence, including a $5 billion defection from JPMorgan, as Merrill welcomes a top-caliber advisor in California.
The estate planning tech provider will be providing 700 advisors access to the aggressively growth-focused RIA giant's platform.
New in-house capability aims to empower advisors and associates with natural search to access vast data pool.
Wealth management job cuts at Edward Jones and Morgan Stanley are linked to a sinking stock market, tariff battles and the unknown, say industry executives
The RIA custody giant is investing in the estate planning tech firm's growth, with near-term plans to make the tool available to its retail clients.
Loan agreements, including one made with a senior client, were also used to fund unapproved advertising ventures as well as personal expenses, according to Finra.
Advisors offer tips on how to keep investors from constantly checking their retirement accounts and making rash portfolio moves.
Advisor feels widespread sense of “betrayal” amongst the 2,900 Commonwealth advisors set to move to LPL.
Raymond James, Morgan Stanley, Osaic lose advisors to rivals
