Products are 'difficult to assess,' commission-based distribution seen as a problem
One of the strongest advocates for imposing a universal fiduciary duty for retail investment advice is urging a congressional committee to allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to move forward with such a rule.
Ron Carson, one of the top advisers in the country, is leaving the indie B-D after more than two decades at the company. Why? LPL's RIA platform is one reason.
LPL Investment Holdings Inc. expects to save up to $12 million in 2012 by moving brokers from its subsidiary Uvest Financial Services Group Inc. from an outside clearing firm to LPL's proprietary platform.
As recruiting wars heat up, B-D aims to hire 400 new reps. It won't be cheap.
CEO Casady establishes a fine to keep execs from discussing company's share price; one offender so far
<a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=datajoe&djoPage=summary&issuedate=20100423&sid=BD0426&djoProjId=10994&djoRecordId=342440#record_342440>LPL Investment Holdings Inc.</a> will look to recruit at least 400 net new registered reps and investment advisers this year and into the future, while top executives at the firm acknowledge that attracting top brokers is getting more expensive.
After 20 years of working within the strict confines of a bank trust department, adviser Robert Kaercher was ready for a change.
Winners emerging amid the extended housing slump, says fund manager David Ellison; companies taking share 'from the guys that screwed it up'
Three independent broker-dealers are suing their insurance carriers for failing to cover investors' legal claims, with one charging that its carrier has exposed it to “financial ruin.”
Nearly 100 small to midsize independent broker-dealers find themselves in trouble over sales of tenant-in-common exchanges, a form of real estate ownership in which two or more parties hold fractional interests in a property
Nearly 100 smaller independent broker-dealers sold TICs -- a real estate investment vehicle -- from an Idaho-based distributor that went bust. Now, a bankruptcy court official is putting the bite on those firms.
Stole $7M from elderly clients; will get out of prison when he's 91
Home prices in the second quarter fell nearly six percent from the previous year. That's bad news for clients looking to sell right now.
Homeownership rate now below 60%; opportunity for real estate investors?
New York tops the list, according to latest data; average cost up, Dodd-Frank blamed
'Mr. Jeter deserved it,' said Christian Lopez, who snagged Yankees' 3,000 hit; a valuable piece of baseball history
Fund firms, individuals cut back dramatically on holdings of tax-exempt debt
You had to figure the issue of means testing for entitlement programs would split Republicans and Democrats. And it has -- just not the way you'd think.
