Another independent broker-dealer that sold high-risk private placements is hanging on by a thread, with the firm's management stating grave concerns about the broker-dealer's future
Private placements strike again: Another independent broker-dealer that sold high-risk Reg D offerings appears to be struggling. This week, CapWest Securities' management filed a report with the SEC stating grave concerns about the B-D's future.
Suddenly, selling away is again a big concern for regulators and law enforcement agencies. In recent months, former reps at several marquee B-Ds have been investigated for allegedly peddling unapproved investments on the side. | <b>Extra </b><a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&Date=20110923&Category=FREE&ArtNo=923009998&Ref=PH>What top RIA execs earn</a>
Investor Phillip Frost, the largest shareholder in and chairman of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., issued a challenge Friday to the independent-brokerage business, saying that the firm's plans to expand are second to none.
Investor Phillip Frost, the largest shareholder in, and chairman of, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., issued a challenge Friday to the independent-brokerage business, saying that his firm's plans to expand are second to none
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., the prospective owner of Securities America Inc., is offering bonuses to keep the firm's brokers on board and probably won't see an exodus, given the volatility of the stock market
Consolidation in the securities industry continues to build, with regional broker-dealer and clearing firm Sterne Agee & Leach of Birmingham making an offer to buy SWS Group Inc. of Dallas.
Less than 24 hours after revealing that they had received an unsolicited takeover proposal from the Sterne Agee Group Inc., officials for SWS Group Inc. — a Dallas-based firm with several hundred advisers—unanimously rejected the offer.
A pair of registered representatives with Planmember Securities Corp. in Texas face the loss of their securities licenses and fines of $100,000 each for the improper sale of life settlement notes.
When Roger Monteforte saw the flaming wreckage of the first plane in the side of the World Trade Center's North Tower 10 years ago, he knew instantly that initial news reports of a small plane hitting the tower were wrong
Another troubled broker-dealer is closing, but with a twist: The firm is telling its advisers to move en masse to another firm.
After avoiding the pitfalls of disastrous Regulation D deals during the past decade, Commonwealth Financial Network and LPL Financial LLC are contending with potential fallout from a real estate private placement that faces pressure from its creditors.
The head of Schwab Advisor Services apologized yesterday to the firm's RIA clients for sending a marketing piece sent Aug. 9 to advisers' clients who sponsor Schwab-run retirement plans.
A year after pulling off the high-profile acquisition of a leading network of independent broker-dealers, Lightyear Capital LLC, which is controlled by former PaineWebber chief executive and chairman Donald Marron, is back in the market looking to raise more than $1 billion from investors.
While Securities America looks to find a suitor -- and tries to stop reps from bolting -- other B-Ds are on the prowl for the firm's top producers. The big winner so far? LPL.
A broker-dealer that was a prominent seller of high-risk private placements that wound up going bust has almost wiped the slate clean of costly litigation that could have impaired the firm's financial condition.
Investors Capital Holdings Ltd. has a new set of owners: its employees, advisers, and their clients.
Investors Capital Holdings Ltd., a publicly traded independent broker-dealer that put itself up for sale this month, could be an attractive acquisition for LPL Investment Holdings Inc. and several other large broker-dealers, according to analysts
For the past 10 years, executives at the largest independent broker-dealers have been predicting a tide of consolidation, with economics forcing smaller firms to shut down or sell out to bigger firms.
Recruiting will become more expensive in 2011 as the fight for top advisers heats up among independent broker-dealers looking to bounce back from a lackluster 2010.
