John and Ryan Birkhauser and their team are based in Lake Forest, Illinois.
My happiest client thinks I’m a true investment genius. My unhappiest is, of course, no longer my client.
The two advisers are affiliating with LPL Financial through its service for breakaway brokers.
For decades, the prevailing wisdom among recruiters and industry executives has been that wirehouse advisers are far less likely to move to independent broker-dealers than other advisers.
Bob Warner's focus on airline pilots is a model for how niche practices can develop and thrive. His $15 billion RIA has been building relationships with pre-retired pilots for more than two decades.
Schweiss stepped down as president of TD Ameritrade Trust Co. and managing director of advisor advocacy in 2020, after 12 years with the company.
Head trash is a negative belief you hold about yourself, your abilities or the world. We’re not even aware these negative thoughts are in control.
Citing a surge in the delta variant, the Financial Planning Association is offering registration refunds and providing advisers with access to free virtual presentations to earn CE credits.
After 14 years as the firm's chief investment officer, Burt White is retiring in March, according to a company announcement. LPL, now with more than 19,000 affiliated financial advisers, is currently looking for a replacement.
Productivity doesn't have to suffer when employees are not directly under the manager's thumb, according to recent research by the consulting firm DeVoe & Co.
When Louis Hanna was fired in 2017, he was 50 years old, had early-stage prostate cancer and was seeking medical leave, according to the complaint.
Specializing in an area that the adviser truly cares about is deeply satisfying intellectually and emotionally.
Fintech firms are betting the more than 6 billion text messages that are sent every day are a sign consumers are open to communicating with businesses via text messages.
Advisers must be able to offer exciting technology tools, while emotionally connecting with clients, according to industry experts.
The nation's biggest life insurer will now pay a minimum wage of $20 an hour, up from $15, as it joins other firms boosting pay amid labor shortages.
The brokerage joins other large financial firms in boosting salaries after more than a year of working through the pandemic. The pay raise, affecting most of Schwab’s 32,500 employees, will take effect in late September.
The five-year framework contains most of the current strategy, but also incorporates new elements.
The enforcement action centered on a decision in April 2019 to replace third-party ETFs in approximately 20,000 automated accounts with funds sponsored by the firm’s parent company, Social Finance Inc.
Remember to always keep serving your clients. Just because they signed on the dotted line doesn’t mean they’ll always stick around.
While Morgan Stanley had backed away from recruiting advisers from direct competitors in recent years, the company has recently returned to the market for top-flight advisers.
