Broker Dealers
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IRS Reopens Offshore Tax Disclosure Program
By Melanie WaddellWealthy get a third chance to come clean, after previous programs collected more than $4.4 billion.
January 06, 2012
5 Homework Assignments for the Insurance Industry in 2012What are the five most important challenges that the life & health industry need to tackle now if they are to expect a prosperous 2012?
January 06, 2012
5 Homework Assignments for the Insurance Industry in 2012What are the five most important challenges that the life & health industry need to tackle now if they are to expect a prosperous 2012?
January 06, 2012
Jan. 18 Webinar to Focus on Key Issues, Strategies for Advisors in TransitionUnique data, insights and strategies for advisors considering a change to be addressed in latest AdvisorOne web seminar.
January 05, 2012
Private Equity Firms Snapping Up IBDsThese are tough times for the independent broker-dealer space. Pacific Wests announcement in early December that it was discontinuing operations was the latest in a string of similar announcement from small to medium size firms.
January 05, 2012
COR Securities Buys Clearing Firm LegentCOR Securities Holdings announced Tuesday that it has acquired independent securities clearing firm Legent Clearing.
January 03, 2012
LPL Financial to Acquire Alternative Investment Firm FortigentFortigent will continue to operate autonomously from its Rockville, Md., headquarters and its existing management team will remain in place, reporting directly to Robert Moore, LPL Financial's CFO.
January 02, 2012
Insurer-Owned B-Ds Slowly Fading Away? (InvestmentNews)The future looks bleak for independent broker-dealers owned by insurance companies, according to one group of industry executives.