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Cambridge Says Its Advisors Will Keep Commission-Based Accounts
By Janet LevauxThe IBD is one of several firms to announce that its retirement accounts will include commissions, despite the coming DOL rule.
October 31, 2016
Advisor Social Media Use Grows, as Do the Different Ways It’s UsedWhich platforms are used and how often depend on individual firms, advisors noted at a SIFMA forum, which could change when FINRA issues new guidance.
October 28, 2016
FINRA Sweeps Broker-Dealers’ Cross-Selling PracticesFINRA focused on nature, scope of BDs cross-selling activities and whether they are adequately supervised.
October 27, 2016
Baird, RBC Wealth Add Advisors From Wells Fargo: Recruiting RoundupMeanwhile, Raymond James picks up a $1.5 million team from UBS in St. Louis.
October 27, 2016
Raymond James, Ameriprise Keeping Commissions in Retirement AccountsThe two BDs, which have nearly 17,000 advisors, wont relent to DOL fiduciary rule, insisting that investor choice is paramount.
October 26, 2016
How Goldman Sachs Fires WorkersInvestment bank must file WARN notices in New York; 43 here, 109 there and pretty soon 443 employees are dismissed.
October 26, 2016
Schwab’s Bettinger Comments Candidly on Robos, Scottrade, BreakawaysCEO says standalone robos will fade away and that Schwab passed on Scottrade deal because of the online brokers transaction-heavy revenue mix.
October 26, 2016
Ladenburg Thalmann Hosts Female-Advisor Event for IBDsThe women met in Salt Lake City and heard from Col. Jill Morgenthaler and other VIPs.