LOS ANGELES — In most of the country, wealth managers deal directly with their clients.
LOS ANGELES — City National Corp.’s acquisition of Lydian Wealth Management Co. LLC, which closed this month, marks a bold move by the financial services company to make significant inroads into the ultrahigh-net-worth market.
NEW YORK — Financial advisers and their clients aren’t giving the risk of becoming disabled the attention it deserves, according to disability insurance experts.
LPL Financial Services is playing hardball. Officials at the firm reportedly made it clear to competitor National Planning Holdings Inc. that it needs to step away from recruiting registered representatives from Pacific Life Insurance Co. or it will face consequences.
Although A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle federal charges involving allegations of mutual fund market timing, it still faces a legal battle being waged by one of the brokers involved in the case.
Now that a lawsuit challenging the merger of the regulatory units of NASD and the New York Stock Exchange has been dismissed, attention has turned to the Securities and Exchange Commission, where NASD bylaw changes needed to seal the deal are pending approval.
DETROIT — The three-year assault on mutual fund style boxes as an evaluation and asset allocation tool has moved to the beta-testing level by a firm that seeks to turn the traditional grid system inside out.
The widely publicized dispute between diet guru Robert Atkins’ widow and the trustees of her trust is a cautionary tale for financial advisers and their clients about what can happen in estate cases, observers say.
Financial advisers across the country who use Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. as their broker-dealer are raising prices, mostly for new clients.
Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is adding major clout to its recruiting effort, bringing on board half a dozen recruiters, including two top executives from rival independent-contractor firms, investmentnews.com reported Friday.
