Former executive chairman leaving behind $91 million salary, stock and cash bonuses plus retention award.
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Firm sets aside more than $12 million in light of enforcement actions from the SEC, Finra and Treasury Department.
Answering the question: What practice-oriented features affect firm performance most?
Firm now focused on hiring advisers from larger companies, even wirehouses, as it shifts away from acquisitions.
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Failing to supervise research analysts and their handling of material non-public information at issue, Finra says.
Firm says the platform allows it to better deliver on its planning-centered pitch to clients.
Decision to farm out the wealth management platform for its advisers is a departure.
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Dual registrants are a key driver of growth for the segment, which holds 20% of assets today, the research firm said.
Former brokerage executive Sallie Krawcheck downplayed the rise of wirehouse breakaways, telling a conference of advisers that wirehouses have more important things to worry about.
The moves mark a reversal from firm's efforts to defer more pay to tie bankers to the firm and reduce immediate costs.
Most brokers will likely see a rise of a couple of percentage points in how much of their pay is deferred. The impact will vary depending on how much the broker is bringing in and the length of service.
Estimates range from $5,000 to $20,000; sharp opposition to Finra getting involved.
