Learn how independent financial advisors operate, how they differ from advisors tied to firms and whether their model benefits your financial planning Molly Grace is a staff money writer at Buy Side ...

The acquisition accelerates the growth of Equitable’s wealth management business, which the company says is its ...

Equitable will bring Stifel’s 110 advisors to its wealth business, adding heft to its already fastest-growing segment.

(Dow Jones) Five independent financial advisory firms have affiliated with Fusion Advisor Network and National Financial Partners Securities Inc., saying they were attracted to the groups' practice ...

The largest independent brokerages reaped the benefits of rising asset values and consolidation last year. Those trends drove some small but notable changes among the 15 biggest firms in the channel, ...

Stifel Financial’s independent broker/dealer and registered investment advisory firm has more than 110 advisers with ...

Advisors managing combined assets of almost $800 million have joined Osaic, with new firms in Ohio and Oklahoma. Firstly, veteran advisor Bart Butler, CFP, CPA, has chosen the independent ...

With its competiting wealth management firms doing their best to recruit away Commonwealth Financial Network financial ...

In the dynamics that industry recruiters call the "push and pull" of wealth management firms' fight to win talent, top financial advisors represent the main prize up for grabs. And several thousands ...

To accelerate growth for its wealth management business, financial services firm Equitable announced Oct. 27 that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC.

An independent financial advisor isn’t affiliated with a big investment firm. Instead, they run their own businesses or work for an independent firm. Independent advisors often have fewer conflicts of ...