Advisers working for wirehouses and regional firms control vast amounts of assets that LPL would like to bring under its umbrella.
GPB paid commissions of 9.3%, or $167 million altogether, on the firm's private placements.
Democrats want the Government Accountability Office to examine how brokerage and other financial firms' businesses have changed since the new requirements were vacated last year.
Plan also provides states $48 billion annually to eliminate undergraduate tuition and fees at public colleges and universities
Advisers don't want a replay of 2008 when clients bailed out of the advice industry.
Officials in high-tax states say Democratic-led states have been targeted to pay for the cuts.
What are brokers and advisers to make of all this? We may be a long way from knowing, but there's a lot to watch while we wait.
Case hits Spire Securities and its CEO and COO for activities of barred adviser who ran Ponzi scheme.
Agency says Edward Moody Jr. has already pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud.
The Supreme Court upheld same-sex marriage. What does this mean for married and unmarried gay couples now?
After turning attention toward next-gen platforms and client experience, broker-dealers may have to rethink technology to comply with a best interest standard.
The broker-dealer was censured and fined $40,000 for the infractions.
Despite an agency directive to eliminate the word 'fiduciary' in Form CRS, SEC officials say it's OK to use it.
Are the lines between cash, lending and investing starting to blur?
Wealth managers focus their expansion on clients with fast-growing fortunes.
Compliance requirements in the regulatory package affect both brokers and investment advisers.
Former SEC enforcement attorney will fill Democratic seat vacated by Kara Stein.
No. 1 priority is tech that will help them serve more clients.
The new standard is more stringent than the current one, laying out explicit steps that brokers must take when considering a retirement rollover.
Portion of settlements with financial perpetrators would supply the pool.
