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UBS team managing $245 million goes indie with LPL
Brendan Biruk and Dan Rattigan form Washington Crossing Financial Group in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania.
National Securities received $5.5 million PPP loan last year
The loan program was aimed at buoying businesses with less than 500 employees; while National Securities surpassed that number of reps and advisers, those were not employees, but rather independent contractors.
Tennessee bank program moves to Raymond James
FirstBank’s investment unit, with 17 advisers, had been affiliated with LPL Financial.
Trio managing $500 million at BB&T joins Raymond James
Chuck Crist, Chuck Gillingham and Ryan H. Jones are joining the firm's employee channel in St. Augustine, Florida.
IBDs saw decent year in 2020 wirehouse recruiting
Independent broker-dealers saw gains in recruiting coveted wirehouse advisers despite the massive disruptions caused by COVID-19. Firms are also building out registered investment advisory platforms to lure advisers.
Broker-dealers brace for cyberthreats
2020 was the year that independent broker-dealers needed to rely on technology more than ever, with home-office staff and a large number of advisers working from home or in remote offices. What if criminals breach a broker-dealer's cyber wall?
Texas trio managing $175 million exits Avantax for LPL
West Texas WealthCare will use JFC Financial as its office of supervisory jurisdiction.
Raymond James cut executive pay in 2020
The second half of fiscal 2020 was tough, the firm reported in its annual proxy statement; CEO Paul Reilly's total compensation fell almost 17% from the prior year and other top executives also saw their pay decline.
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
Morgan Stanley rep managing $138 million bolts to Commonwealth
Dale Kramer opens an indie shop, Kramer Wealth Strategies, in upstate New York