The Financial Services Institute (FSI) has added more than 700 independent financial advisors from WRP Investments and Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services as new members. 

The firms have provided the advisors with free membership for the first year, according to FSI.

WRP Investments, headquartered in Youngstown, Ohio, is an independent broker-dealer with 350 advisors. Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services is a broker-dealer in Marion, Iowa, that offers investment banking services and products to investors through 385 registered representatives.

The FSI is an advocacy organization for independent financial services firms and independent financial advisors. Established in January 2004, FSI has over 100 member firms and over 35,000 financial advisor members.