Growth of independent sector translates into more enforcement actions.
SIFMA looking to streamline operations, save millions.
The SEC's proposed advice rule and efforts to strengthen Finra will be among the critical areas next year.
The company added 94 more brokers in latest quarter and is up a total of 467 on a year-over-year basis.
Stocks are ignoring corporate earnings reports to focus on macro worries about rising rates and trade tensions.
Brennan Asset Management Group is the latest to jump between the rival brokers.
On the surface, retirement savers are big beneficiaries, but that isn't the full story.
Overall, broker and adviser movement slowed during the quarter, with 101 teams shifting firms compared to 124 at this time last year.
Even when Finra arbitrators decide that a firm reported inaccurately on a broker's dismissal, they rarely award monetary damages.
Addition of $470 million GDM Advisory Group pushes Wealth Enhancement to $9.7 billion under management.
Advisers are concerned that Ohio National's "scorched-earth policy" may lead other insurers to take a similar action.
Beltz Ianni & Associates was with Cadaret Grant & Co. for seven years before switching to LPL.
Retirement industry stakeholders of all stripes are set to undergo big changes.
But the proposal doesn't create "open MEPs," as many in the industry had been hoping.
Recruiting effort is latest salvo in bitter rivalry between LPL and Cetera.
Award is the largest penalty for UBS involving the Caribbean island to date.
Industry consolidation continues to drive valuations higher.
Bank says the settlement relates to product sales goals that were eliminated in 2016
Latest SPIVA scorecard contains mostly expected results, but a few surprises, too.
As interest rates on loans rise again, worries grow about defaults and the drag on the economy.
