Stifel Financial Corp. was buoyed by its investment banking business during the second quarter, even as advisor recruitment fell.

Schwab’s latest RIA benchmarking survey shows how technology can improve an RIA’s performance. But the coronavirus has been the catalyst that pushed many to pull the trigger.

Hightower said it has acquired an undisclosed ownership stake in Frontier Investment Management, a $3.3 billion RIA based in Dallas, the firm's third and largest deal this year.

The virtual world may not necessarily be better, but it has a lot going for it.

While many brokerage and advisory firms had followed compliance mandates for developing their forms, the Commission still found examples of forms that could be "more clear or otherwise improved."

LPL Financial has recruited Keith Boyd, who manages $180 million in brokerage and advisory assets, to Gladstone Wealth Partners on its hybrid RIA platform.

UBS financial advisors Antwyne DeLonde and Walt Williams were tapped Monday by NBA superstar Kyrie Irving to provide financial education and manage $1.5 million he set aside through his newly created KAI Empowerment Initiative for as many as a...