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8 Big Advisory Firms With Lots of CFPs
By John ManganaroThis list demonstrates the broad and deepening interest in the CFP designation among leading advisory shops.
August 16, 2023
FINRA Says Video Conferences Now a Permanent Hearing OptionVideo conference hearings will be allowed for disciplinary and enforcement hearings under certain conditions.
August 16, 2023
Get Ready for a Fall Market Pullback, Baird Strategist Warns AdvisorsRoss Mayfield tells ThinkAdvisor what advisors should (not) do and how he's answering clients' biggest questions right now.
August 16, 2023
FINRA Adopts Stricter Expungement RulesRequests for "straight-in" expungements will now have to be heard by a special roster of arbitrators.
August 11, 2023
This Is Not the 'Altruist' You're Looking for: Michigan RIA Sues for Trademark InfringementAltruist Financial Advisors' CEO says his firm has received money intended for the California-based custodian.
August 11, 2023
Ex-LPL Broker Gets 4 Years in Prison for Raiding Older Clients' AnnuitiesOne affected client had dementia and another had suffered a traumatic brain injury, according to the Justice Department.
August 10, 2023
Cetera Closes on Purchase of Securian's Wealth BusinessMore than 91% of the invited Securian advisors and other financial professionals opted to join Cetera, it says.
August 09, 2023
Who's Next in $2.5B WhatsApp Probe?Regulators have quizzed more than a dozen other firms, including BlackRock and LPL, about the use of unofficial channels.