Cetera COO Tom Gooley’s planned retirement highlights Avantax integration, multicustodial growth and advisor platform execution.

Independent Financial Group named Kevin Keefe president and COO as privately held broker-dealers face growth and consolidation pressure.

Raymond James adds Pioneer Valley Financial Group from Commonwealth, showing how LPL’s deal keeps fueling advisor recruiting.

 AmeriFlex adds Jacob Reid’s $354M Capital Insight team from Osaic as hybrid RIA recruiting competition intensifies.

Independent broker-dealers are outgrowing RIAs and captive firms as consolidation, advisor autonomy and platform scale reshape wealth management.

Raymond James recruited 18 former Commonwealth teams with nearly $4.5B in assets, turning LPL’s acquisition into a live advisor-retention test.

LPL’s Commonwealth deal faced about 5% advisor attrition early, but the bigger issue is whether asset retention, culture and conversion hold.

Raymond James added LPL and Commonwealth advisors as LPL, Ameriprise and rivals keep fighting for platform fit, retention and advisor independence.

Ameriprise won one court ruling and lost another against LPL, showing how advisor recruiting now turns on client data, protocol rules and transition risk.

LPL’s Marc Cohen expects RIA consolidation to accelerate in 2026 as private equity cycles, succession pressure and platform scale reshape M&A.

Cetera’s Guided Financial Strategies Win Shows Why Mid-Sized LPL Teams Are Still Moving

LPL’s minority stake in Private Advisor Group shows how broker-dealers are using ownership, succession and RIA M&A to keep advisor assets close.

Osaic added True Wealth from LPL and Soundview from Commonwealth, showing how culture, technology and growth support shape advisor recruiting.

Cambridge topped $2 billion in annual revenue as recruiting, acquisitions, AI and advisor support reshape independent broker-dealer growth.

Cambridge’s Dempsey Lord Smith Deal Shows Why Smaller Broker-Dealers Are Rethinking Scale

LPL’s planned fee on direct-to-fund mutual fund accounts shows how advisor platforms are pushing economics toward advisory assets.

Osaic’s $540M West Virginia advisor win drew Primerica poaching allegations, showing how advisor recruiting can raise legal, client and transition risks.

Osaic ConnectED 2025 showed how the firm is moving from integration to growth, with AI, scale, advisor engagement and platform flexibility in focus.

Ameriprise, Osaic, Kestra and Wells Fargo added major advisor teams, showing how recruiting is splitting across employee, independent and breakaway channels.

Stifel’s sale of Stifel Independent Advisors to Equitable shows how wealth firms are choosing between employee-advisor scale and independent-channel growth.