Firms beginning to feel the pressure to diversify their ranks

Advisors who tend to switch firms make less

Envestnet today launched the Envestnet Institute, an online portal that aims to partner with asset management firms to become a one-stop shop for independent advisors to get industry information, find practice management tips and advice on how to...

Over the last 18 months there has been a significant shift in the “process” of recruiting in three different tiers of the world of wealth management. The wirehouses, regionals and hybrid RIA’s (think HighTower, Focus, Dynasty)...

What’s behind the lack of women in the industry and how we can get more in the ranks

Under the RIA hybrid model, a financial advisor is affiliated with a broker-dealer for their commissionable business and conducts fee-based business through an outside RIA. Maintaining a broker-dealer affiliation allows advisors to provide clients...

After months of legal wrangling, the CFP Board has released 300,000 pages of documents to investment advisors Jeffrey and Kimberly Camarda, who filed a lawsuit against the Board about a year ago. The Camardas first requested the documents in...

HighTower snagged its biggest wirehouse team yet on Monday. A team of four former Morgan Stanley advisors with $600 million in client assets joined the HighTower Network as Gryphon Financial Partners this week...