Cerulli research sees major acquisitions and mergers drive growth in the IBD channel, with advisors increasingly drawn to ...

The independent broker-dealer’s new 13-story San Diego headquarters is the nation’s largest net-zero energy building, says the firm. The independent broker-dealer increased its financial advisor rep ...

A Cerulli report puts numbers to the channel's transformation. We have resources for advisors who want to better understand the space.

Understand wirehouses' evolution from telegraph networks to Internet-era prominence, their economic role, impact during the 2008 crisis, and modern services.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a new staff publication aimed at auditors of broker-dealers who are performing review engagements involving exemption reports. The publication, ...

LPL Financial (LPLA) announced that financial advisors Amanda Miller, Devin Richard and Jonathan Vila, CRPC(R), of Frontline Investment Advisors have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, aligned with ...

If the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board won't scrap a one-minute trade reporting initiative entirely, it should at least allow the timeframe for reporting manual trades to remain at 15 minutes, ...

Schwab Advisor Services saw a 45% increase last year in the number of advisor teams transitioning from the independent broker-dealer channel to the RIA model.