It may be the first year in nearly a decade that the RIA market doesn’t break records, but industry trackers expect it will remain heated as private equity, new players and synergistic opportunities abound.

And why the DC industry tends to tend to undervalue them.

Aspiriant, Key Private Bank and Merrill Lynch lost advisors to Manhattan West and Steward Partners in moves announced this week, while F.L.Putnam expanded in Maine.

J.P. Morgan's latest investment in the startup incubator is fueling the firm's next round of AI-enhanced technology tools for advisors.

Following the announcement of its acquisition of Crown Capital Securities, LPL said it added $19 billion in recruited assets and 421 net new advisors during the second quarter.

Adam and Daniel Kaplan were charged with wire and investment fraud and money laundering for misappropriating at least $5 million from dozens of clients, many of whom were elderly or disabled.