Broker Dealers
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Consumer Debt Rises as Credit Card Balances Fall
By John SullivanAfter falling in March, consumer borrowing increased by $1 billion in April, the Federal Reserve announced Monday, June 7. U.S. consumer credit excluding real estate loans stood at $2.44 trillion for the month, a 0.5% annualized growth rate.
June 07, 2010
LPL Financial's IPO: An In-Depth Look from Expert PalaveevPhilip Palaveev, president of Fusion Advisor Network and a leading authority on advisory practices, sees the LPL IPO announced Friday, June 4, as a major...
June 07, 2010
LPL Financial's Prospectus: Behind the NumbersUnique independent brokerage model could be promising; there's some debt and questions, as for all firms, about the effect of regulatory reform.
June 07, 2010
LPL Financial's IPO: The Impact on RecruitingWhat the recruiters say about the B/D's plans.
June 07, 2010
LPL Financial's IPO: Philip Palaveev's AnalysisPhilip Palaveev, president of Fusion Advisor Network and a leading authority on advisory practices, sees the LPL IPO announced Friday, June 4, as a major achievement for the entire independent broker/dealer business model.
June 07, 2010
LPL Financial's IPO: Market OverviewFrom an overall market perspective, LPL Investment Holding Inc.'s $600 million listing arrives during a period of volatility, with a boomlet of financial services IPOs in the first four months of 2010 followed by a steep fall-off in May.
June 07, 2010
LPL Financial's IPO: Behind the NumbersLPL Investment Holdings Inc., registered with the SEC for an initial public offering (IPO), on June 4, nearly five years after the firm sold about 60% of itself to two private equity investors.
June 07, 2010
LPL Financial's IPO: The Competitive EquationLPL 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.