For the third year in a row, LPL Financial plans to institute some kind of fee increase. The one slated for 2014 is on the firm's third-party money management platform and has some advisers unhappy. Bruce Kelly has the story.
Independent broker-dealer division adds 55 reps and advisers.
Cuts don't include client-facing functions.
Finra's fraud allegations cited as Tony Thompson is urged to resign his role with the REIT he runs. <b>Also: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130811/REG/308119973">Details on Finra's initial allegations.</b></a>
Symetra Investment Services, with about 280 registered reps, not a fit with parent.
More pain for broker-dealers as Finra fines another alternatives specialist. One exec cites the regulator's powerful message on need for supervision and approval processes among alternatives.
Don't get caught like a deer in headlights like the clients of this Beverly Hills, Calif.-based wealth manager
After snapping up an alts manager and IDB, real estate maven on still on the hunt, with "insurance and other platform sponsors" in his sights.
Rival Schorsch says company missed an opportunity by passing on his offer but that company fairly valued.
On their first day of trading, shares of Cole Real Estate Investments fell 5.2%, to $10.90. That's well below the $12.50 per share bid that American Reality Capital lodged in a takeover try in March -- an offer that was rejected by Cole. Ouch.
