The sixth annual awards ceremony featured 72 awards presented to 61 companies.

The five-employee, multigenerational, family-run advisory firm serves investors in Alabama.

Critics and supporters of the Labor Department's fiduciary exemption proposal spoke during an all-day virtual session.

Michigan-based Baldwin Capital Management and Langdon Capital Management join LPL from Voya Financial, while Chicago-based Nestlehut Financial Services moves to Cetera Advisors from Securities Service Network.

Horizon Financial Group converted an advisor’s office into a media room to bolster its video marketing.

This year, J.D. Power measured advisor satisfaction at both the employee and independent firms.

The recipients of loans included Aspiriant and Riskalyze, who were two of the more than 660,000 businesses that received loans of $150,000 or greater, according to Treasury Department data.