A year after pulling off the high-profile acquisition of a leading network of independent broker-dealers, Lightyear Capital LLC, which is controlled by former PaineWebber chief executive and chairman Donald Marron, is back in the market looking to raise more than $1 billion from investors.
In the wake of last week's fear-inducing market tumult, small and midsize broker-dealers are bracing for reduced trading volumes in the months ahead, which will squeeze already tight margins and could push some out of business.
Is this a trend? Another private equity firm has invested in the RIA space -- and this time the buyer is the giant Carlyle Group.
'Stay bonus' be damned: LPL's gain is Securities America's loss as two top producers depart
While Securities America looks to find a suitor -- and tries to stop reps from bolting -- other B-Ds are on the prowl for the firm's top producers. The big winner so far? LPL.
Securities America this week asked reps to sign a letter expressing their suppport for the firm. For some, the letter signals the besieged B-D is close to being sold,
After avoiding the pitfalls of disastrous Regulation D deals over the past decade, Commonwealth Financial Network and LPL Financial LLC are contending with potential fallout from a real estate private placement that faces pressure from its creditors
Another troubled broker-dealer is closing, but with a twist: The firm is telling its advisers to move en masse to another firm, according to brokers at the firm and industry recruiters
The Financial Services Institute, the lobbying organization for independent broker-dealers, said Friday that it had picked up the support of advisers this week from sizable independent broker-dealer Investors Capital Corp.
