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Morgan Stanley Team Goes Hybrid via LPL
By Janet LevauxThe group, one of the largest teams in San Diego, left Morgan Stanley Smith Barney recently to set up an independent wealth-management firm, Ibis Capital. The firm plans to retain about 80 client relationships.
March 02, 2012
Baird Boosts Recruiting as Reps Boost Sales 12.5%Milwaukee-based Baird now includes about 700 financial advisors, says Matthew Curley, national sales director and COO of Bairds private-wealth management operations.
March 02, 2012
Raymond James Grabs Two Merrill Teams in SoutheastA team joins the employee channel with $2.7 million in production and $853 million in assets, while the indie advisors have production of about $860,000 and total assets of $140 million.
March 02, 2012
Charles Goldman to Advisors: Be Paranoid About Your BusinessFormer Schwab, Fidelity executive warns SSG advisors at conference to avoid arrogance, focus on forming a vision for their firms and not to overlook power of wirehouses.
March 02, 2012
SERFF'S up for NAICThe unilateral decision by officials of National Association of Insurance Commissioners to broaden the use of the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF) to include regulatory purposes is coming under strong fire from industry trade groups.
March 02, 2012
SERFF'S up for NAICThe unilateral decision by officials of National Association of Insurance Commissioners to broaden the use of the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF) to include regulatory purposes is coming under strong fire from industry trade groups.
March 02, 2012
FINRA to Restructure BrokerCheck, Giving Investors More PowerProposed changes include not only unifying BrokerCheck and the SECs IAPD system, but also divulging broker/advisor test scores.
February 28, 2012
SEC Issues Risk Alert on Unauthorized Trading in Brokerage, Advisory AccountsThe Risk Alert issued by the SEC warns that although BDs and RIAs are subject to different regulatory requirements, both face similar risks of financial and reputational losses arising from unauthorized trading.