Ramsey-based Key Group Management had been affiliated with Royal Alliance.
Hightower facilitated the merger for Cleveland, Ohio-based Fairport, which is a Hightower advisory business.
Pending investigation, Massachusetts adviser Filippo Mastrocola can’t use CFP certification mark.
Criminal and civil fraud charges were filed against Anthony Mastroianni Jr., who sold fake promissory notes to older investors.
Regulator says rep defrauded clients by saying variable annuities were commission free.
The association's board will engage an interim CEO while it searches for a permanent successor.
Just 7% of the 2,596 people who took the CFP exam in July did so remotely.
Strategic Financial Solutions has seven advisers and is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The pair have opened Marble Wealth in Montgomery, Alabama, and have been joined by Adam Rogers, previously a portfolio manager at Retirement Systems of Alabama.
Colleen Bell, Jeff Vivacqua and Seth Miller become presidents of their respective divisions as part of a new organizational structure.
