Private equity-backed networks like Cetera Financial Group have been eager to expand. The latest deal will add 900 Voya advisers with $40 billion in client assets onto the independent broker-dealer's platform.
UBS, Banco BTG Pactual, Insigneo and Andbank are among those seeking to hire from the roughly 330 advisers who were part of Wells' international wealth unit.
Betting that conditions will improve and restrictions be lessened in coming months, a sprinkling of fintech companies and others in and around the financial advice business have announced a resumption of live conferences to be held later in the year.
The fifth annual InvestmentNews Icons & Innovators shows the depths of the innovative spirit thriving in the financial advice business today. We highlight one Icon, 10 Innovators and 13 Innovation Award firm finalists this year out of hundreds of nominations and suggestions we received.
As society becomes less racially and ethnically homogenous, leaders must develop new skills to support their diverse workforce. This includes acting as mentor, visionary and ally combined
I will outline three leadership principles and associated tactics that increase diverse representation, expand equity and enhance inclusion.
A change in test governing whether workers are classified as employees or independent contractors could upend the business models of FSI members.
LPL Financial said it will likely surpass its target to bring aboard Waddell & Reed advisers, according to CEO Dan Arnold. The company reported adviser headcount was 17,287, up 119 from the end of September and 823 year-over-year.
With naming rights to the stadium in Tampa Bay, Raymond James and its 8,000 advisers will particularly enjoy the Super Bowl this Sunday.
Health savings accounts can be one of the best ways to save for retirement. But the money to fund them must come from somewhere, and for many, the most obvious place appears to be the 401(k).
What’s top of mind for investment pros as 2021 kicks off, ranging from Biden administration policies to the GameStop stock market volatility.
Relatively few people tapped their retirement accounts, but 20% drew on their emergency savings and 18% increased their credit card debt.
It’s important to form a pipeline so that younger minorities can be aware of the finance industry’s prospects and become educated on money matters and career opportunities within the finance industry.
Stefan He Qin stole investor money from his Virgil Sigma Fund and attempted to dip into his VQR Multistrategy Fund to pay back investors in the first fund, prosecutors say.
It’s a reminder that the wild ride may be far from over for these stocks. While $164 billion in value has been wiped from those 50 companies in a matter of days, data compiled by Bloomberg show, that came after $276 billion in market cap was added from the start of the year.
The Coca-Cola Bottlers' Association this week was sued over fees and investments in its multiple employer plan. Former participants in a terminated 403(b) sponsored by a health care system also filed claims.
Regulator charges the firm failed to act on a former broker who was loading customer accounts up with energy sector master limited partnerships.
Regulators say the insurance company’s American General Life subsidiary operated in the state without a license, undertaking four large-scale pension risk transfers and bidding on others.
The deal brings on board all 15 employees from Iron Financial's retirement business, and more than doubles Creative Planning’s retirement plan assets to approximately $10 billion.
GPB raised $1.8 billion from investors starting in 2013 through sales of private partnerships, but it has not paid investors steady returns, called distributions, since 2018.
