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Wells Fargo reps managing $1 billion move to Raymond James
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 12, 2021
Wells Fargo reps managing $1 billion move to Raymond James

Orlando Garcia and Miguel Viyella join the firm's employee unit in Coral Gables, Florida.

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Ameriprise team managing $420 million moves to LPL
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 12, 2021
Ameriprise team managing $420 million moves to LPL

Four-adviser Pacstar Financial Group is based in Honolulu and has three other offices in Hawaii.

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Merrill Lynch rep managing $250 million goes indie with LPL
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 07, 2021
Merrill Lynch rep managing $250 million goes indie with LPL

Joseph Myer has formed Veritas Capital Management in Ashburn, Virginia, and is affiliating with LPL through Gladstone Wealth.

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Securities America fined $1.75 million for rogue broker breakdown
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 01, 2021
Securities America fined $1.75 million for rogue broker breakdown

The SEC alleges the firm failed to safeguard clients from Hector May, who pleaded guilty to stealing $8 million from clients and was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

By Bruce Kelly
$300 million Waddell & Reed team joins Raymond James
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 30, 2021
$300 million Waddell & Reed team joins Raymond James

Eight Kansas reps will affiliate with the independent unit of Raymond James through Beyond Wealth Advisors.

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Cetera fined $125,000 over privacy issues
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 30, 2021
Cetera fined $125,000 over privacy issues

Finra also censured the firm in connection with privacy breaches that occurred during transfers of new clients.

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Wells Fargo duo managing $580 million joins LPL
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 28, 2021
Wells Fargo duo managing $580 million joins LPL

Steven Carlsen and Sathya Chey are forming a firm, Arise Private Wealth, in Rolling Hills Estates, California.

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Merrill Lynch duo managing $211 million moves to Stifel
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 24, 2021
Merrill Lynch duo managing $211 million moves to Stifel

Bill Wade and Reid Berry are opening an office in Brentwood, Tennessee.

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Merrill team managing $842 million bolts to Raymond James
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 23, 2021
Merrill team managing $842 million bolts to Raymond James

The four advisers in Salt Lake City, who operate as Williams & Townsend Wealth Management Partners, are joining the firm's employee unit.

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GPB lawsuits pile up against former broker
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 22, 2021
GPB lawsuits pile up against former broker

The lack of a spotlight on individual brokers who sold GPB may be passing, as at least one former adviser, Jeffrey Dixson, has a BrokerCheck profile that is studded with investor complaints involving sales of GPB private placements.

By Bruce Kelly
Team managing $1.3 billion at Wells Fargo goes indie with LPL
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 21, 2021
Team managing $1.3 billion at Wells Fargo goes indie with LPL

The six-adviser group led by Larry Boggs is forming Boggs & Co. Wealth Management in Cumberland, Maryland.

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Berthel Fischer sees sharp decline in commissions, turns to building RIA
RIAS RIA NEWS JUN 21, 2021
Berthel Fischer sees sharp decline in commissions, turns to building RIA

Revenues have dropped sharply, by as much as 40%, at the broker-dealer over the past seven years as the industry moved away from commissions on alternative investments to recurring revenue from managed money products.

By Bruce Kelly
Insurance-focused B-D received $550,400 PPP loan last year
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 18, 2021
Insurance-focused B-D received $550,400 PPP loan last year

The sum, received by The Leaders Group Inc., appears to be in the middle range of government loans received by privately held broker-dealers who obtained Covid-19 business relief.

By Bruce Kelly
Sigma Financial faces $4.5 million in investor claims
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 17, 2021
Sigma Financial faces $4.5 million in investor claims

The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based independent broker-dealer, which has close to 600 reps and advisers, reported $124.3 million in total revenue in 2019.

By Bruce Kelly
MassMutual reps managing $400 million switch to LPL
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 17, 2021
MassMutual reps managing $400 million switch to LPL

Alicia Curtis and Jyl Barnard of Curtis Barnard Financial Services and Chris Dearing of Riverfront Financial share an office in Peoria, Illinois.

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Billion-dollar UBS team in Chicago suburbs goes indie
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 15, 2021
Billion-dollar UBS team in Chicago suburbs goes indie

The six-adviser team, Puzzle Wealth Solutions, is affiliating with LPL Financial through OSJ Gladstone Wealth Partners.

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LPL signs on $36 billion insurance company B-D as clearing client
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 14, 2021
LPL signs on $36 billion insurance company B-D as clearing client

CUNA Brokerage Services agreed to become a clearing and custody client at LPL. The firm has $36 billion in assets and close to 550 advisers who work at credit unions.

By Bruce Kelly
Duo managing $315 million at Wells moves to Raymond James
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 11, 2021
Duo managing $315 million at Wells moves to Raymond James

Bobby Conville Jr. and Earl Smith are joining the firm's employee unit in Ruston, Louisiana.

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Large LPL branch adds Raymond James as another  choice
RIAS RIA NEWS JUN 10, 2021
Large LPL branch adds Raymond James as another choice

It's not clear what LPL thinks about Good Life Cos.' move and whether it has fully signed off on the firm adding Raymond James as a broker-dealer choice for its advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
Duo managing $975 million at Truist moves to Raymond James
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 10, 2021
Duo managing $975 million at Truist moves to Raymond James

John Gill and Bryan Horner will join the firm's employee unit in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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