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Ex-Merrill Broker Gets 3.5 Years in Prison for Defrauding Clients
By Jeff BermanOne of the swindled clients had received a $5 million settlement for being wrongly convicted of kidnapping and murder.
August 10, 2021
Vaccine, More Stimulus Should Spur U.S. Stocks: LPLThe delta variant could cause some drag on the economy, but the effects won't be like those of 2020, says Barry Gilbert.
August 10, 2021
BofA Co-Worker Charged With Murder of Veteran Merrill Exec Pleads Not GuiltyThe victim, Michelle Avan, was with Merrill for 22 years before becoming head of global women's and underrepresented talent strategy for the bank.
August 10, 2021
Wells Fargo Names Steve Black Chairman as Noski Steps DownCharles Noski became chairman last year after Betsy Duke resigned ahead of a congressional hearing into a series of scandals at the bank.
August 09, 2021
LPL Testing Paraplanning, Other Advisor ProgramsThe firm is learning from innovators such as Peloton and Amazon to offer its advisors more digitally based services.
August 06, 2021
LPL to Add SMAs to Model Wealth PlatformThe enhancement lets advisors combine multiple investment types in one account and will be rolled out to all advisors over the next few months.
August 06, 2021
10 Worst Financial Advisors in America to Date in 2021The latest advisors and brokers who "qualified" so far include alleged scammers, an alleged batterer and a registered sex offender.
August 05, 2021
Onramp Invest Raises $6M: Tech RoundupAlso, Susan Theder, Advisor Group chief marketing officer, has joined the board of directors of regtech firm ComplySci.