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LPL Financial's IPO: The Competitive Equation
By Janet LevauxLPL Financial, which filed an S-1 statement with the SEC on June 4, to go public with a stock offering, had 11,950 affiliated representatives as of April 1, 2010, a self-reported number gathered as part of Investment Advisor's broker/dealer survey.
June 04, 2010
Barclays Hires Merrill Veteran Steve Houston as a Wealth Management ChiefBarclays Wealth has named a new head of its wealth management efforts in the Americas, former Merrill Lynch executive Steve Houston.
June 04, 2010
LPL Files for $600 Million IPO; Five Years after TPG SaleLPL Holdings, with 12,000 affiliated financial advisors, files registration with the SEC nearly five years after selling 60% of the company to Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and Hellman & Friedman.
June 04, 2010
LPL Financial Files for IPO Five Years After Private SaleLPL Financial's parent company filed a registration statement on Friday, June 4, in connection with the highly anticipated initial public offering of its common stock.
June 04, 2010
Labor Department Says Jobless Rate Fell to 9.7% in MayThe crucial monthly jobs report was a disappointment, as the Labor Department reported Friday, June 4, that the economy added 431,000 jobs in May, well below consensus expectations of 513,000.
June 04, 2010
BNY Mellon's Pershing Publishes International Investing GuidebooksPershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, has launched an educational program on international investing to help broker-dealers and RIAs sell global investments.
June 04, 2010
Corporate Pension Plan Assets Plummeted in May, BNY ReportsMonthly statistics published by BNY Mellon Asset Management released Friday, June 4, found that plunging stock markets in May sent pension plan assets falling.
June 04, 2010
Pathstone Family Office Launches Independent Wealth Management FirmPathstone Family Office hung out its shingle as an independent, family- and employee-owned wealth management organization on Tuesday, June 1.