Broker Dealers
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It’s FAFSA Time: Get Your Clients Ready
By Bernice NapachParents and students can file these forms, which are required for financial aid and PLUS loans, as soon as Oct. 1.
September 22, 2017
Raymond James Adds $170M Morgan Stanley Duo, Shares Financial UpdateThe firm boosted assets, fees and commissions in August and in September had "elevated expenses" tied to Hurricane Irma.
September 21, 2017
5 Big IBD Deals Dwarf RIA Mergers in 2017Five large IBDs are helping to shape the IBD channel into a concentration of a small number of large firms, Fidelity reports.
September 20, 2017
RBC Adds $350M Merrill Team, $125M Morgan Stanley FA: Recruiting RoundupMeanwhile, wirehouse reps depart for Baird, Ameriprise and Arkadios Capital; Royal Alliance and CAPTRUST attract large groups.
September 20, 2017
Regulators Charge SII With ‘Unethical’ Conduct Tied to REIT SalesAdvisors' commissions on the sales topped $278,000, according to Massachusetts securities regulator William Galvin.
September 18, 2017
Cetera Taps Ex-AFLAC Marketer as CMOIt also brings back a large financial-institutions client with $507 million in brokerage assets.
September 15, 2017
Fiduciary Rule Delay to Cost Investors $11 Billion: Economic Policy InstituteEPI is just one of many consumer groups opposing the rule's 18-month delay until July 2019.
September 15, 2017
The 2017 Broker-Dealers of the Year Get Real on TechThe broker-dealer leaders discuss which technology systems they can do without.