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GWG bondholders tee up lawsuits against broker-dealers, executives
GWG was a 'classic Ponzi scheme,' according to a group representing investors.
Indiana indie with $220 million joins Commonwealth from Cambridge
Accounting-oriented Strategic Planning Group is based in Fishers, Indiana.
$830 million indie team moves to LPL from Royal Alliance
Kansas-based Strategic Partners is affiliating with LPL through National Financial Alliance.
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Dynasty IPO is still in the cards, Shirl Penney says
Despite Dynasty's sales of minority ownership stakes to Schwab and a private equity investor, a public stock offering is still the best long-term strategy for the platform, the CEO says.
This year should have been worse for broker-dealers
One of the big themes in 2022 was how well the broad retail wealth management industry has insulated itself from the downside of the bust part of the cycle.
Raymond James ordered to pay $12 million to Texas plane crash families
The pilot, Jeffrey Weiss, had been a financial adviser with Raymond James & Associates in Houston.
At LPL Financial, advisory assets are far sweeter than brokerage
An LPL presentation on the return on various types of assets shows the age of advisory assets and fees has arrived in the broad financial advice industry.
Stifel adviser managing $200 million joins Raymond James team
Howard Kaplan is affiliating through indie Riegel Financial in Ohio.
Nontraded REIT chickens come home to roost at wirehouses, RIAs
The liquidity issue is squarely in the laps of financial advisers who have never had to deal with the difficulties posed by nontraded REITs before.
Cetera closes broker-dealer First Allied Securities
San Diego-based First Allied had close to 600 brokers and financial advisers under its roof before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ex-LPL adviser arrested in Illinois on theft charges
Bradley Goodbred now faces criminal charges of stealing money from an elderly client, in addition to civil charges from the SEC.
Raymond James introduces data-driven actionable insights
The application, called ‘Opportunities,’ is intended to prompt adviser-client communication.
Finra smacks Advisor Group with $1.3 million penalty over private placement sales
The four Advisor Group firms sold investors GPB private placements but failed to tell them that GPB hadn't made required filings, including audited financial statements.
Lincoln Financial team managing $650 million moves to LPL
Financial House, a six-adviser group based in Centreville, Delaware, was established more than 30 years ago and is now in its second generation of owners.
Former LPL exec Bill Morrissey to head Atria’s independent channel
The private equity-backed firm operates six broker-dealers, including Cadaret Grant, NEXT Financial and Western International Securities.
Commerce Bank’s brokerage unit to use LPL
The St. Louis-based bank is moving its wealth management business, with 30 advisers and $4.4 billion in assets, to LPL's platform.
Moody’s bumps up LPL debt to investment grade from ‘junk’
Meanwhile, LPL is launching an effort to pursue wealthier clients.
Commonwealth becomes latest IBD to invest in adviser firms
The firm is introducing an effort to buy minority stakes in the financial advisory firms that use its brokerage and RIA services.
Minnesotans managing $750 million join Commonwealth from Lincoln
The five-adviser Ryan Financial Group has offices in Hibbing and White Bear Lake.
