IBDs registered a five-year compound annual growth rate in assets of 11%, almost double that of wirehouses, Cerulli reports.
To get its technology in front of more advisers, the asset manager is acquiring a 4.9% share of the fintech and TAMP giant.
Combined, the new firm will have 1,270 advisers and $260 billion in assets.
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is upping the ante on his prior effort to pass a package of tax and retirement measures.
Potential changes to disciplinary process follow revision of code of ethics, conduct standards.
The broker, David Fagenson, racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in commissions from the trades.
Rising interest rates and slowing stock market drive assets to insurance products, Limra report says.
Interest group chapter argues the state's Department of Financial Services exceeded its authority with the rule.
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Inability to deduct management fees will make the funds, which are struggling this year, even less attractive to investors.
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The active fund manager is one of several investment firms to settle self-dealing lawsuits in the last few years.
New top tier added for ultra-high-income retirees next year.
Finra said the firm failed to mandate and enforce its own written supervisory procedures, resulting in the unsuitable sale of L-share variable annuities tied to long-term riders.
