What’s the latest at Cambridge Investment Research?

Episode 204

This week, Bruce Kelly talks to Jeff Vivacqua, who serves as President, Growth and Development at Cambridge Investment Research, and is a veteran of the financial advice industry. We talk about Cambridge’s continued success as a recruiter of financial advisors, and its unique ownership structure and what that means to the firm’s more than 4,000 financial advisors.

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