Nicholas Schorsch, executive chairman of RCS Capital (RCAP), made his initial foray into the independent broker/dealer space with his purchase of First Allied Securities and The Legend Group, with 1,500 advisors. But since then, Schorsch has been...
RIAs may be the fastest growing channel, but despite the recent billion-dollar breakaway teams going independent, wirehouse advisors are still more productive.
The wirehouses employ a total of 54,189 advisors, but manage $6 trillion in client as...