The deal represents a continuation of Stratos' acquisition strategy, which is to take nonvoting minority interests in RIAs and offer them the same infrastructure that's available to its affiliated advisors.

The state joins more than a dozen others that have finalized rules based off the model created and passed last year by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Advisor Larry Boggs has launched his new firm with LPL Financial’s Strategic Wealth Services.

NFL star Corey Liuget said he bought into a pitch by Donald Blakstad, who is on trial for insider trading and defrauding investors.

Invesco's intelliflo, the parent organization for advisor tools like Jemstep and RedBlack, is adding Blake Kannady as its first chief product officer to oversee product alignment.

Bill and Melinda Gates Investments—the 100-person strong team that’s overseen the couple's personal fortune and the endowment of their namesake foundation—changed its name to Cascade Asset Management Co.

According to the commission, Ramiro Jose Sugranes ran a scheme to siphon profitable trades into accounts held by close relatives, with unprofitable trades left to other clients, leading to more than $5 million in losses.

Younger generations are open to added advice-related and even unrelated services.