Broker Dealers
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Merger of Schwab, TD Ameritrade Advisor Referral Networks Begins
By Jeff BermanSchwab is slashing the number of RIA firms in the referral program to 175 from 298, it says.
April 21, 2021
8 Trusts That Can Help Reduce Estate TaxesIf proposals from President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders come to pass, demand for these trusts could rise dramatically.
April 21, 2021
Avoiding an Inherited IRA Tax Time Bomb Under the Secure ActWithout proper planning, the tax consequences of the new "10-year rule" for emptying inherited IRAs can be serious.
April 20, 2021
RIA Sequoia Financial Strikes Deal, Pushing Assets to $7BThe merged Ohio firms will operate under the Sequoia name in Colombus and have about 110 employees.
April 20, 2021
Marguerita Cheng: To Boost Advisor Diversity, Look Beyond RecruitingThe Blue Ocean Global Wealth founder tells ThinkAdvisor that the industry should encourage teamwork over cutthroat competition.
April 20, 2021
UBS Nabs $1.8B Wells Fargo Private Bank TeamThe three-person team has joined UBS in the South Florida market.
April 20, 2021
FINRA Suspends Broker Named as Client TrusteeThe broker, now at Waddell & Reed, violated Cetera's broker-as-beneficiary rules, FINRA says.
April 20, 2021
Goldman Reveals Black Workforce Numbers for the First TimeOf the bank's 1,548 U.S. executives, senior officials and managers, 49 — or 3.2% — are Black. Overall, Blacks account for 6.8% of its U.S. workforce.