LPL Financial announced First Citizens Investment Center, which manages approximately $235 million in assets, is joining LPL's institutional services platform. The advisers at First Citizens had been affiliated with Cetera Investment Services previously.
First Citizens Investment Center is located at Mason City, Iowa-based First Citizens Bank.
The team includes Nicole Rognes Olson, the program manager; Holly Miller, the investment executive; financial advisers Michael Castle and Arcon Concepcion; and two support staff members, Carol A. Juhl and Bryan J. Lathrop.
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
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