Custodian hopes to open the platform to all vendors that pass a security check

Training advisors has become more expensive, says analyst -- so the company has a new strategy to recruit experience advisors

Potomac Investments now uses broker JHS, where an ethics policy carried the day

Are cost-cutting wirehouses creating a farm system for top entrepreneurial teams?

The platform giant has a monopolistic position and the opportunity to pull away

Microbusinesses dominate the industry -- for now. That may change as the industry evolves along the lines of the legal profession.

Barry says he'll fight hard for financial planners and RIAs, but half of FPA's members hold a Series 7

How to reassure clients who are seeing Ponzi after Ponzi unveiled

Recruiter: an increasing number of older advisors are leaving wirehouses to be sure their books of business go to someone they trust

The new financial world will be constructed mostly out of the public eye, as regulators begin studying 150 issues Congress punted to agencies

As compliance burdens grow, smaller firms are driving merger activity

Three Bridge Wealth Advisors surpised itself by giving up its 'sweet' freedom to regain the advantages of scale

The DOJ steps up the hunt for offshore accounts. Here's what not to try: spiriting the cash out in a suitcase.

Schwab nets eight breakaway teams with more than $250 million of AUM each

Brokers selling 401(k) plans may have another nail driven into their coffin