Flush with new capital, Independent Financial Partners is considering three acquisition targets ahead of its broker/dealer launch.

Natacha Smith's team, which manages $175 million in brokerage and advisory assets, has joined Private Advisor Group, a super OSJ of LPL Financial.

In the current environment, this could be the right move for b/d executives seeking to restore growth, strengthen advisor productivity, and deal more efficiently with regulatory and operating responsibilities, says Jim Nagengast of Securities...

The financial planning firm, founded by Peter Mallouk, launches an eight-figure national television campaign and is, for the first time, looking to buy other RIAs.

While the model may be a huge departure for LPL and set PAG apart from other OSJs, the changes bring the firm up to par with what some other RIAs are already doing for wirehouse brokers looking to build their own business.

Large wealth management firms built to acquire are dominating M&A, while deals involving smaller firms fall to a decade low.

Independent advisors are winning new business from commission-based brokers, self-directed platforms and wirehouse brokerages, according to a new TD Ameritrade Institutional survey.

Four harbingers of change that are redefining the landscape for advisors at all levels.

The head of Merrill Lynch now reports directly to Bank of America’s CEO, and thinks future clients will prefer a one-stop-shop for all their financial service needs.

Stone Point may be looking to get out of the IBD business, but there’s still an appetite for such firms, even as the stock market suffers.