The firm will maintain its New York office, and employees will continue to operate out of Chicago and San Francisco.

The leading potential heirs to the fashion icon's £150 million fortune include a child model and his cat, Choupette.

The growth was driven by the firm's new fee model as well as the move to open up the platform to work with any CRM an advisor may be using.

Ex-Wells Fargo broker Perry Mattern said the freedom to access better technology was the draw to leave the brokerage and join the bank's new RIA business, and he was willing to leave $50 million behind at the brokerage to get it.

It's the first deal HighTower has done since Bob Oros became CEO.

A combination of cash, earnings from sellers and leverage has primed the independent firm for deals in this year.

The financial services industry is failing women—not just as investors but also as employees. Now's the time for everyone to move forward.

Morgan Stanley will spend $900 million for stock-plan administration company Solium Capital Inc.

Foster Dykema Cabot & Co. is the latest wealth manager to join the publicly traded Focus, a firm that had 21 such deals in 2018.