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Stifel Strikes Deal To Acquire Weisel
By Janet LevauxStifel Financial and Thomas Weisel Partners Group have entered into a roughly $300-million merger agreement, several months after Stifel acquired 56 UBS branches. If the merger...
May 18, 2010
NPH Announces Slight Increase in Year-Over-Year Sales for Q1On the heels of a strong earnings announcement from parent company Jackson National Life, National Planning Holdings, Inc. (NPH), the broker/dealer unit owned by the Michigan-based insurance company, announced mixed results on Tuesday, May 18.
May 12, 2010
Three Growth Drivers of the Best Advisory Firms: Practice Edge for May 2010Preliminary findings of the 2010 Rydex|SGI AdvisorBenchmarking survey
May 11, 2010
Investors Capital Advisory Hits $1 Billion in AUM; ICA to Host First Women's ConfabInvestors Cap, which has some 550 independent advisors, will host women's conference in Boston
May 11, 2010
Fidelity Separates Asset Management from DistributionAbigail Johnson promoted to head all of distribution; Ronald O'Hanley hired to lead asset management and corporate services.
May 11, 2010
Fidelity Separates Asset Management From DistributionAbigail Johnson promoted to head all of distribution; Ronald O'Hanley hired to lead asset management and corporate services.
May 11, 2010
Investors Cap at $1 Bil AUM; To Host First Women's ConfabInvestors Capital, which has some 550 independent advisors, now has more than $1 billion in assets under management.
May 06, 2010
Wells Fargo Hires Merrill Manager; Baird Adds from Smith BarneyWells Fargo Advisors tapped Thomas R. Isaacs from Merrill Lynch to serve as the market manager for its New York City branches, while Baird picked up William H. Sewell from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to open a new office in Raleigh, N.C.