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Avantax boosts recruiting bonus to add advisers

Providing hefty bonuses to recruit financial advisers is like a sugar rush: sweet at first but it comes with a downside.

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  • March 9, 2022

Avantax boosts forgivable loans to advisers

It's an indication the firm is carrying through on its strategy to attract experienced financial advisers who generate more revenue.

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  • February 17, 2022

Avantax focuses on bigger advisers as head count continues to drop

The firm reported a 9.4% decline in the number of advisers last year, but said it had 2½ times more recruited assets in 2021, at $929 million, compared to $363 million in 2020.

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  • November 5, 2021

Avantax talks about changes for advisers as head count drops

A new compensation plan is among the changes the firm is preparing for advisers in 2022.

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  • August 4, 2021

Head count drops at Blucora’s Avantax, but revenue per adviser rises

Revenue per Avantax adviser for 2020 totaled $111,000, at the low end of the independent brokerage and RIA business for large enterprises.

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  • August 2, 2021

Blucora’s Avantax to acquire $1.1 billion New Jersey RIA

Parsippany-based Headquarters Advisory Group's three principals will become financial planning consultants with Avantax Planning Partners.

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  • April 19, 2021

Fight over board that controls Avantax coming to a head

A struggle for seats on the board of Blucora Inc., which owns the independent broker-dealer Avantax Investment Services Inc., is heading for a showdown. Blucora has purchased two broker-dealers in half-a-dozen years to expand into the wealth management business.