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Despite Advisory Gains, RCS Losses Widen

Retail advice revenue accounted for roughly two-thirds of RCS's total full-year revenue of $2.8 billion, but the company's 2014 loss was almost 100 times greater than in 2013. more »

Auditor of REITs in Schorsch's American Realty Capital Resigns

Latest setback for Schorsch's financial empire as accounting firm steps aside. more »

Schorsch's Exit Leaves Major Questions for RCS Advisors

The latest Schorsch bombshell "makes quality advisors super uncomfortable," says executive recruiter Mindy Diamond. more »

Schorsch Quits Board of RCS Capital

Nicholas Schorsch has resigned from RCS Capital, New York REIT and 11 other non-traded real estate investment trusts and direct investment programs sponsored by AR Capital. more »

Veres: The Next Great Market Meltdown

Investors have gotten more desperate in their pursuit of yield, reaching for ever-dicier products. What could possibly go wrong? more »

Lowlights of 2014: From Schorsch Drama to LPL's Regulatory Woes

From the family feud that rocked Nicholas Schorsch's REIT and IBD empires to LPL's regulatory lapses and a wealth management crisis sparked by a CEO's private fund, the advisory industry had a healthy share of lowlights in 2014. Here are some of the most memorable. more »

Dividend Investing: New Rules for Real Estate

A change in S&P Dow Jones investment classifications has the potential to change both the makeup and the perception of some dividend-focused ETFs. more »

'Steady Flow of Negative News' Takes Toll on Schorsch

"He clearly wouldn't be walking way [from American Realty Capital] if things were business as usual,” says Aite Group analyst Alois Pirker. “The optics are just not very good." more »

Schorsch, 2 Execs Resign From His REIT Company

RCS Executive Chairman Nicholas Schorsch and two other top executives resigned from American Realty Capital Properties. more »

RCS Agrees to Pay ARCP $60 Million to Settle Cole Capital Suit

ARCP filed the suit after RCS didn't complete an agreed purchase of shares in Cole Capital Partners and Cole Capital Advisors. more »

RCS to Investors: Trust Us; Business Is Better

According to RCS, 51 selling agreements have been reinstated -- but the firm refused to disclose the names of any broker-dealers who have resumed selling its products. more »

Schorsch Brokerage Seeks Distance From ARCP as Empire Fractures

With part of Nicholas Schorsch's real estate empire fracturing into warring factions, a chunk of his fortune may depend on whether RCS Capital can distance itself from the accounting missteps at American Realty Capital Properties. more »

RCS Receives Regulatory Inquiries After ARCP Accounting Errors

RCS Capital said it was contacted by FINRA and the SEC after accounting errors were disclosed at American Realty Capital Properties. more »

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