Independent broker-dealers expected to be hardest hit, with a 22% loss in revenue.
Adapting to regulatory changes has been a struggle, meaning the nontraded REIT industry's worst fears have come true.
He is the second top executive to leave the company this year.
Former CFO Brian S. Block is being charged with overstating financial performance at American Realty Capital Properties Inc., now known as Vereit. <b><i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20150921/FEATURE/150919894/how-nick-schorsch-lost-his-mojo"_blank">How Nick Schorsch lost his mojo</a>)</i></b>
The new CEO confronts a series of daunting questions as he settles into his new role at the embattled broker-dealer. Read more about the <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20160901/FREE/160909997/cetera-names-robert-moore-ceo-replacing-larry-roth"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">management turnover at Cetera</a>.
A 13-year veteran of LPL, Jeffrey Buchheister was most recently executive vice president and chief accounting officer.
People inside and outside the company say word of the new chairman has already given a lift to morale of advisers.
CEO Ron Kruszewski had indicated in November that the B-D's lower margins were dragging down the wealth management group.
CEO Ronald Kruszewski says brokerage “took advantage of the decline in equity markets.”
