LPL Financial, independent broker/dealer powerhouse, has not been recruiting as many financial advisors as it would like. So said Chief Executive Mark Casady on a conference call with analysts Tuesday to discuss the firm’s earnings report...

UBS Wealth Management Americas added client assets and (a handful of) advisors in the fourth quarter, cushioning the blow from steep legal costs that resulted in a pre-tax loss of $34.6 million. That is a slight improvement from a loss of $49...

LPL reported higher revenue and adjusted profit numbers for the fourth quarter Monday, as the acquisition of an advisor network boosted assets and advisors at the firm. LPL is the parent company for LPL Financial, the country’s largest...

During times of market trouble, investors have often turned to steady income-generating bonds. But UBS Wealth Management says that will change in the coming decade.

While the big guns have been battling it out in the war for assets by lowering fees, some lesser-known players are stealing market share from under their noses.

Storms blew across America. But in the balmy climes of San Diego, FAs were upbeat and partied down (ahem, studied and worked) at the TD Ameritrade annual conference.

Aite Group Senior Analyst Doug Dannemiller says more practices like Morristown are setting up hybrid RIAs as a draw for advisors who are considering a transition to a fee-only model but still want to retain their commission business. It’s on...

Richmond: “I do everything for my clients, they love me, and at the risk of sounding arrogant, I get introduced to their friends, clients and colleagues without asking,” Warren explained in sort of a frantic staccato. “But I’m killing myself. I...

Registered investment advisory firms were furiously busy getting hitched last year: they did the highest number of merger and acquisition deals recorded in at least seven years.