As the financial advisory industry continues to evolve, more investment professionals and firms are embracing the hybrid registered investment adviser model.
The firm is seeking $344K from the ex-broker - and current Hamilton County, Ohio trustee - for alleged 'unauthorized withdrawals' from a client's account.
Newbridge Securities to pay $850,000 as part of class action settlement
The largest U.S. broker-dealers may be asked to pay more than $1 million a year to fund annual inspections required by the Dodd-Frank Act, according to a proposal by the panel that oversees public-company audits.
Another small, independent broker-dealer that faces mounting legal claims is exiting the business, this time after selling real estate deals by a bankrupt syndicator.
<a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=datajoe&djoPage=summary&issuedate=20100423&sid=BD0426&djoProjId=10994&djoRecordId=342440#record_342440>LPL Investment Holdings Inc.</a> will look to recruit at least 400 net new registered reps and investment advisers this year and into the future, while top executives at the firm acknowledge that attracting top brokers is getting more expensive.
After 20 years of working within the strict confines of a bank trust department, adviser Robert Kaercher was ready for a change.
Three independent broker-dealers are suing their insurance carriers for failing to cover investors' legal claims, with one charging that its carrier has exposed it to “financial ruin.”
Nearly 100 small to midsize independent broker-dealers find themselves in trouble over sales of tenant-in-common exchanges, a form of real estate ownership in which two or more parties hold fractional interests in a property
Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. is opening up an office in Salt Lake City to offer financial advice with the help of Dean Cottle, a veteran wirehouse complex manager from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged that an independent broker-dealer that was a leading seller of allegedly fraudulent private placements failed to conduct reasonable investigations into the offerings — and pocketed fees for due diligence without adequately researching the instruments
With a number of independent broker-dealers on the block, it's a buyers' market for those firms looking to expand their business through acquisition
After struggling during the darkest days of the credit crisis, SagePoint Financial Inc., which is owned by American International Group Inc., is back to playing offense, today closing a purchase of the assets of Spectrum Capital Inc.
The independent broker-dealer industry came roaring back in 2010, with the 25 biggest firms collectively reporting a 16.9% increase in total revenue, compared with the year before
Jefferies Group Inc. (JEF) agreed to pay about $2 million to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that three employees failed to disclose conflicts of interest while selling auction-rate securities.
The BofA-Merrill boss sounds set to take on recruiters, the threat of the rising RIA model, and anyone else who steps in her path
With a number of indie B-Ds shuttering in the last 12 months, nearly 2,400 reps have been forced to find new broker-dealers.
So who's the big winner in the QA3 rep sweepstakes? Right now, it looks like FSC Securities. The AIG unit is in line to snag 50 of the foundering B-D's reps.
A mediation session to resolve hundreds of millions of dollars of investor claims against Securities America Inc. failed to yield a settlement last week, as the firm's 1,800 reps and advisers continue to speculate on whether the firm will survive.
