While typically 75 to 80 percent of new brokers burn out after year three, Raymond James is retaining 86 percent of trainees in its employee channel after two years.

Find out the value of your firm online, Angelo Alleca sentenced in fraud scheme and Hightower adds a team in Georgia.

Why so many advisors are passing up the up-front gain for the longer-term payout.

The barriers that kept wirehouse advisors in place are rapidly dropping by the wayside.

After 50 years building an award-winning internship program, Northwestern Mutual shares what it has learned about engaging next-generation advisors.

Eileen O'Connor was reluctant to focus her business on women. The demographics changed her mind.

Technology makes it easier to start an independent firm, while more salespeople shift from earning commissions to charging fees.

Only a small percentage of advisors hire interns, according to a new survey. It’s probably because there aren’t enough financial planning students to go around.

Our industry will be unable to keep up with the demand for new advisors to fill the vacancies left by boomers retiring.