Advisor Channels

After a period of indigestion following merger activity, wirehouses, comprising of UBS, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Wells Fargo Advisors, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, are nearing the later phases of their restructuring. Executives, such as...

Recruiting into the independent broker/dealer channel has not materialized as people thought this year, but new research from Cogent says that may soon change.

FPA President Paul Auslander tells attendees at the Experience 2012 conference to stop griping and get involved in local politics.

It’s become increasingly difficult for small broker/dealers to break into the business, as regulations increase.

For advisors pondering whether the certified financial planner designation is worth the time and expense to obtain, a new report by Aite Group in Boston suggests the answer is yes...

Dallas-based Milkie/Ferguson, which sold Provident Royalties, has closed up shop and moved its 26 brokers over to Berthel Fisher & Company.

The tougher realities facing financial advisors four years after the crash are taking a toll, new data from Cerulli Associates shows. The total number of advisors across all channels dropped 2.3 percent last year to 316,000, with the independe...

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