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Securities America Inc.

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  • August 23, 2023

LPL continues strong recruiting from Securities America in 2023

LPL, Osaic and Cetera Financial Group are all 'fighting amongst themselves' to lure advisors, one recruiter notes.

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  • April 26, 2023

Advisor Group makes rebranding campaign official

A new name is forthcoming, and the firm's eight independent broker-dealers will be merged under that new name in 18 months.

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  • January 12, 2023

Team managing $300 million at Securities America joins LPL

Vancouver, Washington-based advisors Eric Fenton and Rodney Wangler founded their firm in 2001.

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  • October 13, 2022

Daughter of New York Ponzi schemer gets more than 6 years in prison

Over two decades, Vania May Bell and her father Hector May 'ruthlessly orchestrated' a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, according to the Feds.

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  • March 28, 2022

Team with $240 million in assets joins Arkadios from Securities America

WhiteStone Wealth Management Management is based in San Antonio, Texas.

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  • February 15, 2022

Duo managing $320 million moves to LPL from Securities America

The Altamonte Springs, Florida-based team is using the services of Synergy Wealth Alliance, an OSJ affiliated with LPL.

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  • January 5, 2022

Securities America team managing $195 million switches to Commonwealth

Four-adviser Opus 111 Group has offices in Seattle and Spokane, Washington.

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  • December 22, 2021

LPL hauls in Elite Financial Network from Securities America

Elite Financial Network has 32 financial advisers in its network across California.

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  • December 15, 2021

Securities America team managing $200 million joins LPL

Lamont Financial Group operates from two bank offices in Mason City and Clear Lake, Iowa.

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  • August 9, 2021

Indies managing $376 million switch to Securities America

Robert Batick moves from Westport Capital, while Norman Coates made the switch from LPL Financial.

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  • July 12, 2021

Advisor Group replaces top recruiting officer

Gregg Johnson, the firm's executive vice president of recruiting and revenue acquisition, has been replaced by Kristen Kimmell from RBC Wealth Management.

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Securities America fined $1.75 million for rogue broker breakdown

The SEC alleges the firm failed to safeguard clients from Hector May, who pleaded guilty to stealing $8 million from clients and was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

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  • April 28, 2021

OSJ with $2 billion switches to Cadaret Grant from Securities America

Cedar Brook Group, led by William Glubiak, is based in Cleveland and oversees 20 licensed professionals.

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  • March 10, 2021

Advisor Group firms boost legal reserves

Royal Alliance Associates Inc., SagePoint Financial Inc., and FSC Securities Corp., increased legal reserves by as much as three times the amount of the prior year.

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  • February 25, 2021

Finra censures, fines Securities America $125,000

Regulator says the firm caused recruits to take nonpublic personal client information.

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  • January 12, 2021

Father-son duo managing $150 million join LPL

John and Evan McCoy run Integrity Financial Services in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and were previously affiliated with Securities America

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  • December 7, 2020

Advisor Group still facing hurdles on debt: Fitch Ratings

The rating agency kept its junk rating of B- for Advisor Group bonds

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  • November 23, 2020

LPL brings on $1 billion Verus Capital Partners

The Scottsdale, Arizona, practice, which includes 30 advisers, joins from Securities America

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  • October 22, 2020

Securities America loses top executive to Carson Group

The departure of Kevin Miller, formerly executive vice president, adds to a growing list of high-level employees to leave the firm in recent months

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  • August 13, 2020

Securities America team managing $800 million moves to LPL

Equitrust Financial Group has five advisers and is based in Deerfield, Illinois