Independent Broker Dealers

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EQUITIES AUG 09, 2013
The Takeaway: Are you in the secret wealth management cult?

By Joshua Brown
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 07, 2013
With new name, broker-dealer group retrenches and sets relaunch

National Association of Broker-Dealers plans new member drive, regional confabs.

By DJAMIESON
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 06, 2013
D.A. Davidson in deal for Crowell Weedon

Montana-based D.A Davidson plans to acquire Crowell Weedon, a big brokerage run out of Los Angeles. How big? The combo will create the largest full-service IBD in the western U.S.

By AOSTERLAND
EQUITIES AUG 05, 2013
The Takeaway: Keep an eye on that sales assistant!

By Joshua Brown
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 30, 2013
Janney lands Merrill team with more than $900 million

Group from Connecticut has $3.7 million annual production.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 28, 2013
LPL right to eliminate 'self-supervision'

Beginning in 2015, firm to charge its reps for outside supervision.

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 28, 2013
Carson acquires $218M AUM hybrid

Plans to complete up to eight such deals this year.

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 25, 2013
Financial advisers return to Securities America

Two vets say firm's difficulties weren't to blame for departure in '06.

By AOSTERLAND
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 25, 2013
Finra panel sets $18.5 million award against defunct B-D

Action related to Provident Royalties, found to be a Ponzi scheme.

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 24, 2013
So long, Morgan Keegan

Raymond James retires brand ahead of schedule

By AOSTERLAND
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 23, 2013
Interest rate spike boosts fortunes of broker-dealers

Citi analyst upgrades Schwab to buy, boosts price targets for LPL, TD Ameritrade.

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 21, 2013
Stand-alone LPL reps to see big fee hike

Firm will no longer allow one-person shops to supervise themselves.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES JUL 19, 2013
The Takeaway: Welcome to the world's most hated stock market

By Joshua Brown
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 16, 2013
LPL's recruiting still slow, pickup seen months away

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2013
Finra gets OK to share more info about reps' disciplinary records

Finra has gotten the go-ahead to issue a monthly letter divulging complaints against reps. Not surprisingly, this doesn't sit well with some brokers.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ALTERNATIVES JUN 27, 2013
B-Ds reining in sales of alternatives

Broker-dealers, feeling the heat from regulators, are changing how they sell alternatives. Bruce Kelly has all the details.

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 27, 2013
Grist leaving Cetera

Barnaby Grist was a high-profile — and defining — hire for Cetera Financial in 2010. A little more than three years later, the head of the brokerage's wealth management unit is leaving due to personal reasons.

By DJAMIESON
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 26, 2013
Finra charges brokerage chief Belesis and firm with fraud

Finra has charged brokerage chief Tommy Belesis and his firm, John Thomas Financial, with fraud in a front-running scheme to make $1 million on a penny stock. Bruce Kelly has the story.

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 25, 2013
Satisfaction with advisers climbing; RBC, Fidelity lead the pack, J.D. Power says

Investors' approval of their advisers continues to increase after dropping sharply in the aftermath of the credit crisis. Liz Skinner tells why.

By Liz Skinner
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 25, 2013
Broker barred after casino tip allegedly cost 31 NFL players $43 million

Stop us if you heard this one before: Finra has banned a broker who allegedly convinced scores of NFL stars to go into an unsuitable investment (this time, a casino). And yes, the deal went bust.

By Liz Skinner