Capital Financial Planning in Albany, N.Y., joining LPL's brokerage and RIA platforms with 18 advisers.
Puplava Financial Services joins a wave of independent RIAs moving to larger broker-dealers.
WealthPLAN Partners was with LPL for 27 years.
Firm anticipates expenses could go up $28M in next fiscal year, in large part because of costs connected with the fiduciary regulation. <b><i>(More: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-faq"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">A comprehensive, searchable database of advisers' fiduciary FAQs</a>)</i></b>
Financial advisers managing $220 million in client assets joined Raymond James from UBS Financial Services.
Broker-dealer says the additions are part of a continued expansion of their presence in the North and Northwest.
Raymond James clients will have opportunity to invest in private-equity and hedge funds
Asset manager takes 36% stake and its ETF models will be made available through the digital platform, which has changed its name.
Broker-dealer's stock is up more than 30% since reports surfaced that it was considering a sale.
Mr. Bruton, who resigned suddenly from LPL Financial in April 2014, joined Oppenheimer sometime this month.
Two sets of benefits exist for ex-spouses depending on their birth dates.
Marriage has been holding steady for the past several years, but weddings are still half as common as they were in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Plus: The Fed hints yet again, Wunderlich Securities brings in $500M, and Credit Suisse shutters leveraged/inverse oil ETNs
Each of the underlying duties of the fiduciary rule's best-interest standard &mdash; loyalty, care and individualization &mdash; require advisers to take specific actions.
Some advisers rely on the Affordable Care Act to insure themselves and employees, and now fear that it could be repealed or substantially changed.
DOL questioned at length during challenge brought by SIFMA, FSI, Chamber of Commerce and others.
Company said to be exploring strategic alternatives and is working with Goldman Sachs, Reuters reported. (Related read: <a href=""" target="”blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">LPL Financial's problems keep piling up</a>)
FAFSAs for the 2017-18 school year are out three months earlier this year, and now allow reporting prior-prior year income data, or 2015.
