Chief executives at leading brokerage and advisory firms are earning more money than ever. Here are the numbers on last year’s compensation for some of the highest-profile executives.
The executive team under Lindsay Hans and Eric Schimpf is taking shape; Ken Correa takes on an expanded role as head of business and client development, while Erik Vatter was named head of advisor development.
"I call it B-D/IA arbitrage," Finra's Christopher Kelly said, describing his concern about advisors flouting the boundaries between charging clients fees and commissions.
It's in the best interest of Cetera's owner, Genstar Capital, to make the broker-dealer network look as much like a registered investment advisor as possible.
While at Fidelity, Durbin oversaw the company’s 2015 acquisition of eMoney Advisor.
The disclosures that MML Investors Services delayed making included customer complaints and arbitrations, criminal charges and bankruptcies.
The management of Adviser Investments, Ropes Wealth and Summit Partners will own the combined firm.
Trusted Wealth Partners in Omaha, Nebraska, is moving to Commonwealth while Connecticut-based Hedberg Wealth Management is going to LPL.
According to InvestmentNews data, the top two destinations for advisors leaving Securian this year are LPL Financial and StanCorp Equities.
Melville, New York-based SW Financial received $2 million in undisclosed compensation for selling the private placements, according to Finra.