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Ex-SagePoint Rep Invested Clients' Funds in Sham Pension Scheme
By Jeff BermanThe former broker invested $210,000 of his client's money in private securities transactions without his firm's approval, FINRA says.
October 19, 2020
SEC Chief 'Cautiously Satisfied' With Reg BI but Seeing Some Troubling TrendsThe SEC chairman shared his views during an interview with SIFMA CEO Ken Bentsen at the association's virtual event.
October 19, 2020
FINRA Files to Boost Arbitrators' PayLawyers for investors support the pay hike but "we do not want arbitrators to be doing this as their living," says PIABA's Sam Edwards.
October 19, 2020
LPL Financial Nabs $1B Cetera TeamThe news comes less than two weeks after $14 billion BMO Harris Financial Advisors said it was moving onto the IBD's platform.
October 16, 2020
FINRA Bars Ex-Ameriprise Rep Who Took $42,000 From a ClientThe broker had been terminated after allegedly converting the elderly client's funds for his own use.
October 15, 2020
CFP Board Offers Remote Testing for Next ExamOf the 2,154 candidates who took the most recent CFP test, just 6% did so remotely.
October 13, 2020
Kitces: Rumors of Reg BI's Death Under Biden May Be ExaggeratedA new administration may not have the "appetite" for new rules but could reinterpret existing ones, the XY Planning co-founder says.
October 13, 2020
Fidelity Hiring 4,000 Workers, Including AdvisorsThe firm plans to hire thousands of financial advisors, licensed reps and customer service employees over the next six months.