Broker Dealers
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FINRA OKs RCAP’s Cetera Deal; Schorsch Group May Buy NorthStar Realty
By Janet LevauxCetera adds about 6,600 reps to Realty Capital's growing brokerage operations.
April 28, 2014
DST’s Gordon: New Clearing Platform to ‘Transform’ Business ModelGordon, who will head the business, tells ThinkAdvisor that DST will challenge Pershing and National Financial.
April 25, 2014
Merrill Grabs $300M Morgan Stanley TeamAlso, an ex-Wachovia advisor joins Pitcairn, and Raymond James adds succession tools.
April 24, 2014
Brokers big source of Washington state salesProducers helped only 7 percent of the state's new Medicaid enrollees.
April 24, 2014
BD Fee Disclosures Have ‘Wide Disparity’: NASAABDs are also using questionable practices in relation to fee charges and markups, according to a survey released Thursday by state regulators.
April 24, 2014
LPL Financial Earnings Hurt by Costs, Slower RecruitingAssets on its independent RIA platform, though, grow nearly 50% to nearly $70 billion.
April 23, 2014
Cybersecurity Enforcement Actions May Have ‘Significant’ Fines: SutherlandAn SEC crackdown on cybersecurity is coming, law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan predicts, and the penalties could be steep.
April 21, 2014
How to advise clients who want to sell coin collectionsThe first issue to clarify with the collectors heirs is whether theyre dealing with an accumulation or a collection.