The wealth management industry in the U.S. was built by, and for, native U.S. English speakers. But that just means there’s a growing opportunity.

Wells Fargo will pay $450,000 after 1,098 agents and 561 supervisors did not register in Massachusetts.

One new offering, slated for the end of the year, will help advisors navigate mergers and acquisitions from start to finish.

The two advisors have a combined total of $150 million in managed assets and will join LPL from Royal Alliance.

The firm has created a new 'continuous improvement' department and invested in a new platform to collate advisor feedback from surveys, in-person interactions and social media.

LPL's 16,000-plus advisors will now have discounted access to the popular CRM offering.

Four hundred new advisors came to Cetera via the acquisition of Foresters Financial, a large portion of the 1,000 new advisors the firm has recruited year to date. Cetera declined to provide net advisor growth.

Parsons, a California team with $180 million in assets, joins Carson.

LPL transitioned all 33 advisors at Allen & Company, the previously announced acquisition that will seed its new employee model.

In the second major sale of a PE-backed advisory firm this year, Lightyear Capital is selling its stake in $11.8 billion AUM Wealth Enhancement Group to TA Associates.