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LPL adds Royal Alliance team overseeing $230 million in assets
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 15, 2023
LPL adds Royal Alliance team overseeing $230 million in assets

Lexington, Kentucky-based VFG Wealth Management and Benefit Solutions works with both individuals and small businesses.

By InvestmentNews
Merit Financial adds LPL veteran Andy Kalbaugh to its board
ALTERNATIVES JUN 14, 2023
Merit Financial adds LPL veteran Andy Kalbaugh to its board

Kalbaugh will work with the fast-growing wealth management firm's executive leadership on strategic planning.

By Bruce Kelly
$881 million team from Securian moves to Commonwealth
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 14, 2023
$881 million team from Securian moves to Commonwealth

Foundations Financial Partners in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, had been affiliated with Securian for 32 years.

By InvestmentNews
$200 million team from Valic signs on with LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 12, 2023
$200 million team from Valic signs on with LPL

Rodney Van Buren and Whitney Colton have launched Van Buren Wealth Management in Melbourne, Florida.

By InvestmentNews
10 IBDs that earned the most fees in 2022
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 09, 2023
10 IBDs that earned the most fees in 2022

As independent broker-dealers’ shift toward fee revenue continued last year, here are the firms that earned the most in fees.

By InvestmentNews
LPL nabs Edward Jones duo in Tennessee
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 08, 2023
LPL nabs Edward Jones duo in Tennessee

Todd Rosel and Larry D. Smith oversee $310 million in assets and are combining their practices to form a new firm, Integrity Wealth Advisor Group.

By Bruce Kelly
Southwestern Pennsylvania credit union moves to CUSO Financial Services from LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 07, 2023
Southwestern Pennsylvania credit union moves to CUSO Financial Services from LPL

Pittsburgh-based Clearview Federal Credit Unit has 117,000 members with more than $1.8 billion in assets.

By InvestmentNews
Firm headed by former NFL player joins LPL from Lincoln Financial
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 06, 2023
Firm headed by former NFL player joins LPL from Lincoln Financial

Newport, Kentucky-based Hoff Bujnoch & Associates is led by Digger Bujnoch and oversees $150 million in client assets.

By InvestmentNews
Cetera continues RIA push with purchase of $1.45 billion Kansas firm
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 06, 2023
Cetera continues RIA push with purchase of $1.45 billion Kansas firm

At the end of April, The Retirement Planning Group had 14 advisors and 40 employees.

By Bruce Kelly
Advisor Group hires Dynasty co-founder Ed Swenson to lead RIA channel
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 05, 2023
Advisor Group hires Dynasty co-founder Ed Swenson to lead RIA channel

The independent broker-dealer is developing different channel strategies as part of its rebranding, and RIAs are a big part of that.

By Emile Hallez
Alex. Brown adds Morgan Stanley advisor managing $509 million
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 05, 2023
Alex. Brown adds Morgan Stanley advisor managing $509 million

Miami-based Eva Marina Ovejero has more than two decades of experience.

By InvestmentNews
Advisor managing $475 million at Bank of America Private Bank joins LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 05, 2023
Advisor managing $475 million at Bank of America Private Bank joins LPL

Amy Lawrence is launching Gorilla Investments Co. in Miami.

By InvestmentNews
Wall Street banks are using AI to rewire finance
FINTECH JUN 01, 2023
Wall Street banks are using AI to rewire finance

Banks' interest is growing in the evolving technology of artificial intelligence and its likely impact on their business.

By Bloomberg
Atria says $1.1 billion team from Signature Bank joins Cadaret Grant
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 31, 2023
Atria says $1.1 billion team from Signature Bank joins Cadaret Grant

The trio will affiliate with Jericho, New York-based American Investment Planners, Cadaret Grant's largest branch.

By InvestmentNews
Pennsylvania team rejoins LPL after stint at Cambridge
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 31, 2023
Pennsylvania team rejoins LPL after stint at Cambridge

Wexford-based Individual Financial Services, which oversees $400 million in assets, had left LPL for Cambridge in 2015.

By InvestmentNews
Schwab advisor overseeing $375 million switches to Edward Jones
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 30, 2023
Schwab advisor overseeing $375 million switches to Edward Jones

Warren Anderson, who’s based in Littleton, Colorado, had been affiliated with Schwab since 1999.

By InvestmentNews
10 IBDs with the most net new clients in 2022
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 27, 2023
10 IBDs with the most net new clients in 2022

New clients are essential to the growth of advisory firms. Here are the independent broker-dealers that added the most clients last year.

By InvestmentNews
Fitch bumps up Advisor Group debt rating
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 26, 2023
Fitch bumps up Advisor Group debt rating

The upgrade reflects Advisor Group's declining leverage levels and higher net yields on cash sweep deposits, according to the rating agency.

By Bruce Kelly
Advisor Group's Jamie Price talks about the firm's rebranding
ALTERNATIVES MAY 25, 2023
Advisor Group's Jamie Price talks about the firm's rebranding

In a Q&A, the Advisor Group CEO discusses what's involved in squeezing the giant operation under one broker-dealer roof and brand.

By Bruce Kelly
Thrivent Advisor Network adds 25th affiliate to its turnkey RIA platform
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 25, 2023
Thrivent Advisor Network adds 25th affiliate to its turnkey RIA platform

Since launching as a spinoff of Thrivent Financial in 2019, the platform has grown to $5 billion in client assets.

By Jeff Benjamin