After laying low for five years, the passed-over Merrill heir apparent will help advise Chis Dupuy in budding 'Connections' program

The ex-LPL exec saw no issue at all joining the eponymous son of the radio host barred by the SEC

The good news is that FiNet is the fastest growing channel at Wells Fargo; the bad news is that its brand and compliance can be hindrances

CEO Fred Tomczyk is talking advisor software like he might have previously discussed trade volume as RIA assets, and prospects, soar

Rivals cite lingering challenges for the ubiquitous software but its custody platform tie-in is a difference-maker, Joel Bruckenstein says

Walt Bettinger's options for building using existing ETF portfolio capabilities or buying one of the many robos in existence point to a no-lose move

Unaided recognition of CFP certification jumps about 90% in three years ...assets stemming from that, not so much

Shares of Silvercrest Asset Management are up about 40% and Wall Street analysts are proferring praise

Loaded with cash, experience and $11.5 billion of market cap, the North Shore asset manager just downloaded the RIA roll-up app in hiring the Focus Financial veteran

The almost unfathomable Silicon Valley investment being poured into creating wealth management software a catch-up move after decades of falling behind

Once presumed to be in FINRA's back pocket, the Alabama congressman co-sponsors H.R. 1627 -- a huge boon to SEC oversight of RIAs

The San Francisco-based company is upping its rhetoric relating to its bid to bring higher-level investment counsel to high net worth investors

Advisors donned headlamps, assuming considerable risk effecting the nighttime ascent in Yosemite -- including an encounter with a mama bear

Ex-Merrill Lynch-owned First Republic and buyer of Luminous Capital underestimated the burdens of Dodd-Frank -- and the tolerance of Wall Street analysts

Banyan's Peter Raimondi will lead the combined entity that could morph into a fearsome acquirer

Mariner's Marty Bicknell nabs Kevin Corbett and Fidelity's Bob Oros in turn snaps up Catherine Davies

John Michel salvaged the lessons learned and momentum of a venture that was on a roll when its plug got pulled

The fund giant has 250 CFPs on staff for VPAS in Malvern, Charlotte and Scottsdale and virtually no minimum or maximum client size

The ex-Merrill brokerage chief's comments walk the RIA-wirehouse line

At the MarketCounsel event, the Dynasty Financial chief promises not to toss softballs at the RIA custody heads, saying he knows their strengths and weaknesses

Pinnacle has hit $1.3 billion of AUM and is pushing forward aggressively with hires, strategic plans and offering 'office hours' with the planning research head dubbed 'stump the Kitces'

His new $40-billion OSJ start-up will use the LPL hybrid platform and get a hand from the broker-dealer in procuring a right-to-recruit agreement and software

The senior trust and fiduciary officer at the BoA subsidary is starting a new life at Evercore

The AssetMark co-founder has a charity and for-profit and competes and engages in co-opetition with UBS, Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguards

Schwab Private Client jacked its price 20% and its minimum fee jumps 60%

The future looked nova-bright in 2006 when Smith Barney labelled the Dallas-based advisor, but since then the UMA specialist has fallen short of expectations

Lockton Retirement Services locks in on 'small' businesses that have no DOL-assuaging fiduciary overseeing DC assets before they walk through the door

One trick, Wayne Bloom says, is that he relentlessly squeezes feedback out of his 1,600 advisors

The two media maestros will modify their approach to being fishers of advisors rather than fishers of assets