Last week's layoffs and consolidation of key areas of operation at the three broker-dealers of the AIG Advisor Group only add to the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the network's future and the fate of its more than 6,000 representatives and financial advisers, sources said.
Three broker-dealers in the ING Advisors Network are facing another round of strategic reviews that could lead to their sale, an ING spokesman said this morning.
Morgan Keegan has been stung in another arbitration case involving its bond funds, this time losing a $950,000 claim to an ex-NFL Pro Bowl star with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Investors who are battling Morgan Keegan over the blowup of its bond funds are on a hot streak, with a former Major League Baseball all-star among the recent arbitration winners.
When Chris Wanken's dad, a branch manager affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services Inc., fired him last March, it ignited a smoldering family dispute that experts say might have been avoided with better planning.
Following the recent death of its chief executive Gordon Loetz, GunnAllen Holdings Inc. of Tampa announced a series of management changes this morning.
After months of waiting for talks on the sale of the three broker-dealers that make up the AIG Advisor Group to be resolved, many of the more than 6,000 representatives and financial advisers in the network are growing anxious about their future.
Finra securities arbitration panels have handed investors two huge wins in recent months, but lawyers and industry observers are divided about whether such noticeable awards signal favorably for investors.
John Simmers, one of the most widely respected executives in the independent-contractor brokerage business, is stepping down from the ING Advisors Network. Mr. Simmers, chairman and CEO of the network, told advisers about his decision to retire on a conference call yesterday afternoon.
The U.S. government’s $787 billion stimulus package offers ripe opportunities for fraud, according to criminal experts.