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Team managing $300 million at Securities America joins LPL
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JAN 12, 2023
Team managing $300 million at Securities America joins LPL

Vancouver, Washington-based advisors Eric Fenton and Rodney Wangler founded their firm in 2001.

Cetera nabs giant office from Securities America
NEWS RIAS JAN 11, 2023
Cetera nabs giant office from Securities America

The Patriot Financial Group, based in a suburb of Boston, works with 70 financial advisors who have $2.5 billion in client assets.

Arizona advisor managing $200 million joins LPL from Cambridge
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JAN 09, 2023
Arizona advisor managing $200 million joins LPL from Cambridge

David Dobrusin is both a CPA and a certified financial planner.

Expect giant branch offices at IBDs to flex their muscle
NEWS ALTERNATIVES JAN 09, 2023
Expect giant branch offices at IBDs to flex their muscle

There are plenty of private equity managers left who could still invest in large branch offices of independent broker-dealers.

LPL shares remain analyst's top pick in 2023
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JAN 05, 2023
LPL shares remain analyst's top pick in 2023

The share price of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. increased 27% over the past year, even as the S&P 500 index fell 19.4%.

Raymond James adds Tennessee team managing $832 million
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JAN 04, 2023
Raymond James adds Tennessee team managing $832 million

The nine-member group, which will do business as Fountain Financial Group, had been affiliated with First Horizon Advisors.

Advisor managing $160 million joins LPL from Ameriprise
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JAN 03, 2023
Advisor managing $160 million joins LPL from Ameriprise

Dallas-based Matt Irwin has 24 years of experience, all with Amerprise and a predecessor firm.

B-D SPAC deal takes shape; Larry Roth to have lead role
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 27, 2022
B-D SPAC deal takes shape; Larry Roth to have lead role

When aggregator Wentworth Management Services goes public by merging with a SPAC, Kingswood, sometime in the next few months, industry veteran Roth will serve as chairman.

Rep monkeyed around with client information to sell more GPB: Finra
NEWS ALTERNATIVES DEC 22, 2022
Rep monkeyed around with client information to sell more GPB: Finra

Using white out and other means, the rep doctored client financial information disclosure forms, according to Finra.

GWG bondholders tee up lawsuits against broker-dealers, executives
NEWS ALTERNATIVES DEC 21, 2022
GWG bondholders tee up lawsuits against broker-dealers, executives

GWG was a 'classic Ponzi scheme,' according to a group representing investors.

Indiana indie with $220 million joins Commonwealth from Cambridge
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 20, 2022
Indiana indie with $220 million joins Commonwealth from Cambridge

Accounting-oriented Strategic Planning Group is based in Fishers, Indiana.

$830 million indie team moves to LPL from Royal Alliance
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 20, 2022
$830 million indie team moves to LPL from Royal Alliance

Kansas-based Strategic Partners is affiliating with LPL through National Financial Alliance.

Thank you, 2022, from InvestmentNews
NEWS RIAS DEC 19, 2022
Thank you, 2022, from InvestmentNews

I’m grateful to have led the remarkable team at InvestmentNews as editor-in-chief in 2022, and we have great expectations for 2023.

Dynasty IPO is still in the cards, Shirl Penney says
NEWS RIAS DEC 19, 2022
Dynasty IPO is still in the cards, Shirl Penney says

Despite Dynasty's sales of minority ownership stakes to Schwab and a private equity investor, a public stock offering is still the best long-term strategy for the platform, the CEO says.

This year should have been worse for broker-dealers
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 19, 2022
This year should have been worse for broker-dealers

One of the big themes in 2022 was how well the broad retail wealth management industry has insulated itself from the downside of the bust part of the cycle.

Raymond James ordered to pay $12 million to Texas plane crash families
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 16, 2022
Raymond James ordered to pay $12 million to Texas plane crash families

The pilot, Jeffrey Weiss, had been a financial adviser with Raymond James & Associates in Houston.

At LPL Financial, advisory assets are far sweeter than brokerage
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 15, 2022
At LPL Financial, advisory assets are far sweeter than brokerage

An LPL presentation on the return on various types of assets shows the age of advisory assets and fees has arrived in the broad financial advice industry.

Stifel adviser managing $200 million joins Raymond James team
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 13, 2022
Stifel adviser managing $200 million joins Raymond James team

Howard Kaplan is affiliating through indie Riegel Financial in Ohio.

Nontraded REIT chickens come home to roost at wirehouses, RIAs
NEWS RIAS DEC 09, 2022
Nontraded REIT chickens come home to roost at wirehouses, RIAs

The liquidity issue is squarely in the laps of financial advisers who have never had to deal with the difficulties posed by nontraded REITs before.

Cetera closes broker-dealer First Allied Securities
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 07, 2022
Cetera closes broker-dealer First Allied Securities

San Diego-based First Allied had close to 600 brokers and financial advisers under its roof before the Covid-19 pandemic.