MML Investors Services reps can earn an "advisor growth bonus" this year that rewards net new assets.
The firm is paying up to recruits if they move client assets to its in-house money management system.
The penalty represents about one or two years of net income for the firm.
"It's smart to align with a proven center of influence, CPAs," an industry consultant says.
Stifel broker-dealers agree to fines and restitution of almost $3 million as a result of shortcomings in supervision and compliance related to sales of non-traditional exchange-traded products.
Reshuffle is 'a result of the brain drain,' says one senior industry executive.
If the brokerage is eyeing an IPO in the next five years, as sources say, it’s got a lot of work to do to get ready.
A Minnesota-based foundation's lawsuit against the firm centers on an unnamed ex-broker's alleged churning of variable annuities.
'Those offers from smaller firms don’t always get as high as those from the bigger players, but they are pretty darn close,' says a recruiter.
'What’s missing in most cases of deals is that firms aren’t integrating the RIAs they are buying,' Mark Tibergien says.
