RIA support platform Integrated Advisors Network has acquired consultants ReDefine Independent Advisors in an effort to build out a more dedicated offering for breakaway wirehouse advisors.

The agency has continued to push back the resumption of physical arbitration and mediation proceedings because of COVID-19, though hearings can be held via teleconferencing or Zoom.

With the acquisition of MRA Associates, Captrust can now offer income and estate tax compliance and consulting services, a new offering for its clients.

The lapses in record retention, fingerprinting and failing to oversee the drafting of consolidated reports led to 1.5 million costumer communications being deleted and a former rep running a Ponzi scheme, FINRA claimed.

Veteran Scott Kays' $800 million fee-only firm is on the larger side for the acquisitive Mercer, suggesting the national RIA may start looking at more mid-sized targets.

The retirement-focused RIA's partnership with a PE firm follows a similar deal between Captrust Financial Advisors and GTCR last June.

Anthony DeChellis joined Boston Private to jump start its floundering wealth business. But he and the board are "grossly" undervaluing the bank in agreeing to a $900 million sale, a major shareholder says, arguing the firm should curtail its "pie...

The former TDAI executive spent the last days of 2020 studying for his CFP exam and taking a hard look at the regulatory landscape that faces financial planners in 2021.

JPMorgan Chase is in preliminary talks with China Merchants Bank Co. to set up an entity, expanding on a strategic partnership on products in 2019,