Francis Ciocari, who managed $300 million at Morgan Stanley in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, has gone independent and affiliated with LPL Financial through Gladstone Wealth Partners, an office of supervisory jurisdiction for the firm.
He will be opening an office for Gladstone, a super OSJ, in Blue Bell along with his longtime assistant, Christine Buck Nolan.
Ciocari was with Morgan Stanley for eight years and began his career at Merrill Lynch in 1998.
The "Crypto Mom" departure would leave the SEC commission with just two members and no Democratic commissioners on the panel.
IFP Securities’ owner, Bill Hamm, has a long-term plan for the firm and its 279 financial advisors.
Meanwhile, a Osaic and Envestnet ink a new adaptive wealthtech partnership to better support the firm's 10,000-plus advisors, and RIA-focused VastAdvisor unveils native integrations with leading CRMs.
A former Alabama investment advisor and ex-Kestra rep has been permanently barred and penalized after clients he promised to protect got caught in a $2.6 million fraud.
As more active strategies get packaged into the ETF wrapper, advisors and investors have to look beyond expense ratios as the benchmark for value.
Wellington explores how multi strategy hedge funds may enhance diversification
As technical expertise becomes increasingly commoditized, advisors who can integrate strategy, relationships, and specialized expertise into a cohesive client experience will define the next era of wealth management
