The big juicy pork chop

Episode 8

Recruiting behemoth LPL Financial never lets up, and we look at the latest effort to expand the footprint.

Skip Schweiss becomes the latest high-profile exec to jump ship at TD Ameritrade ahead of the Schwab acquisition.

Morgan Stanley’s acquisition of ETrade has left the big bank with a small custody business that might not have a permanent home.

And in the Open Notebook segment Jeff and Bruce delve into the reality of placing “chief” in front of anything and everything to make us all feel better about ourselves.

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