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  • News
  • July 12, 2020

The big juicy pork chop

In the latest episode of the InvestmentNews Podcast, Jeff Benjamin and Bruce Kelly analyze LPL Financial’s latest effort to stay ahead of the recruiting curve

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A tale of two PPP loans

Small broker-dealers lined up for the free cash — but did all of them use it as intended?

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DOL urged to extend comment period for fiduciary proposal

Consumer and investor advocacy groups have asked Labor to provide more time for public input

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Edward Jones files to create bank

The broker-dealer's Utah-chartered industrial bank could open in 2021

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  • June 30, 2020

Stifel snags $935 million adviser team from Merrill Lynch

The four-person adviser team marks the third to transition away from the wirehouse in favor of the independent platform this year

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  • News
  • June 30, 2020

More ‘doubt’ about this broker-dealer’s future

Newbridge Securities reported large deficits for 2019, according to its auditor

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  • June 18, 2020

U.S. Bank taps veteran wirehouse exec to head advisory unit

Beth Lawlor was named president of the bank’s private wealth management business

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  • June 16, 2020

Edward Jones contributes $1.2 million to civil rights groups

The company also announced a five-part plan to address racism, which includes an analysis of home office employees' pay

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Small broker-dealers are facing a dilemma

B-Ds must ask themselves whether they’re in the advice or the sales business

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  • June 11, 2020

LPL offers plan to guarantee value of adviser’s business

The plan is designed to prevent financial disruption if an adviser dies or makes some other unexpected exit from the business

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  • June 10, 2020

Banks cite gains against fintechs

Pandemic is encouraging consumers to do business with larger companies, says Morgan Stanley's CEO

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Trio managing $370 million exits Wells Fargo for LPL

The Springfield, Ill., employee brokers are affiliating through the Private Advisor Group, one of LPL's largest OSJs

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Battle of the business models

RIAs keep gaining, while small broker-dealers are feeling increased pressure from the pandemic as well as the need to comply with Reg BI

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$230 million team joins Commonwealth from Securities America

Buckley Financial Planning, a father-and-son duo, operates from two Ohio locations

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A contemplation of Regulation BI

The brokerage industry, which has a reputation for not always quietly abiding to external forces, has remained curiously silent on the impending changes

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$400 million bank program shifts to LPL

Landmark Bank had used the Raymond James platform before being acquired by Simmons Bank

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Showdown in 2nd Circuit over Reg BI

The smart money is betting the SEC will prevail in the challenge to its new rules scheduled to take effect June 30

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LPL snags another Securities America team

The move by Winston Wealth, a hybrid managing $300 million, follows a similar shift last week by JFC Financial

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LPL’s Arnold sees different financial advice business post COVID-19

Less real estate and more reliance on artificial intelligence could be in the industry's future

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  • News
  • April 30, 2020

Raymond James to focus on ‘virtual’ recruiting

Travel restrictions and uneasiness about in-person meetings mean recruiting is moving online