Dan Shaw

The deal comes as a Raymond James executive questions if advisors who choose to go with private owners won't regret their decisions in three to five years.

New CEO Ted Pick sees little need to change the "wealth management machine" his predecessor helped bring to "escape velocity."

The American Securities Association accuses the industry regulator of violating federal sunshine law for rebuffing its requests for insight into more than $3 billion in recent settlements with Wall Street giants.

An industry lawyer says the firm's liability in a complex insurance-related scam will hinge on what it "should have known" or "must have known."

The St. Louis-based brokerage is also encouraging representatives to become Certified Financial Planners as it experiments with fee-based fiduciary business models.

The latest appointment comes amid Citi's continued overhaul of its executive ranks and wealth business.

The likely more than $1 million award is the latest result from cases arguing that firms' pay policies run afoul of federal retirement law.

The promotion comes as the latest step in the consolidation process that's been ongoing since the $15 billion firm's founding last year.

Brokerages have until June 26 to decide if they want to take part in a pilot program allowing them to continue inspecting their branch office remotely; plus, the rundown on residential supervisory locations

The Toronto-based bank's U.S. subsidiary has taken in $15 billion in asset inflows in the past two years.