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Some financial advisors might charge a hefty fee, treat you to lunch, and ask for referrals while still managing your ...

The independent financial advice industry is maturing fast. The number of registered investment advisor, or RIA, firms more than doubled from 2000 to 2024, from 6,949 to 15,870, according to the ...

In a world where advisor transitions from the wirehouses seem to dominate the headlines, there’s a steady stream of independent advisor movement taking place in the background. One might think that ...

The wealth management industry is experiencing significant change—akin to a tectonic shift—in how we define ourselves. The value of professional advice has become increasingly evident. In fact, over ...

Migration to the independent financial advisor model—independent b/ds and RIAs—is likely to continue unabated in 2011, a Fidelity Investments survey about advisor and broker sentiment released today ...

Independent financial advisors are facing a pivotal moment as they seek to balance growth ambitions with the realities of a shifting market, according to a new study from Wells Fargo Advisors ...

Fourteen financial services industry trade groups are taking their fight directly to Congress in their effort to derail a provision in the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to reclassify ...

Kirk Badii, Managing Partner of Badii Group Private Wealth Management, has been appointed to Independent Financial Group's ...

Mariner Independent, the independent advisory channel of Mariner, has added a former Northwestern Mutual team in Baton Rouge, La., that manages $275 million in client assets.

Samyr Laine, managing partner at venture capital firm Freedom Trail Capital, also pointed to AI’s speed as a benefit. Also, ...