Independent financial advisors aren't affiliated with big investment firms. Instead, they run their own businesses or work for independent firms. Independent advisors often have fewer conflicts of ...

In the increasingly crowded financial advisory space, technical competence and market acumen are no longer enough. Today’s clients expect more – and they’re vocal about what makes a financial advisor ...

To help support independent financial advisors, bipartisan legislation was introduced that seeks to remove “outdated regulatory barriers” that penalize them for operating as a small business.

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 ...

This is the 15th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on how to build a successful RIA. See the previous stories here, or find them by following Salinger ...

Stifel Financial’s independent broker/dealer and registered investment advisory firm has more than 110 advisers with approximately $9 billion in assets under management. Equitable Holdings Inc.

According to a note Monday from Wolfe Research, the biggest net gainers last year of financial advisors were: LPL Financial, ...

Avantax reports robust recruiting in 2024 as independent financial advisors and tax professionals want to offer clients comprehensive, tax-intelligent financial planning and wealth management DALLAS-- ...

Equitable, a leading financial services organization and principal franchise of Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH), announced today that its affiliate has entered into an agreement to acquirei ...

Independent financial advisors often operate their own advisory firms or work with independent businesses as opposed to representing larger brokerages Written By Written by Staff Money Writer, WSJ | ...