Practice

In a surprise announcement, Private Advisor Group tapped Moore as CEO nearly two years after he left Cetera for undisclosed medical reasons.

It’s another big get for a bank that has been busily luring away top talent from the wirehouses.

“Platforms like this you would typically see at the larger broker-dealers and maybe the wirehouses,” says Gary Gallagher, the firm’s head of investment and managed solutions.

Whether the law changes next year or in 2025, wealthy clients can save by using the generous provisions now.

It’s one of the largest recruiting moves of the year in the independent broker-dealer sector.

Five firms agreed to pay $3 million to settle an SEC investigation into unsuitable sales of complex exchange-traded products.

While FINRA rules spell out what brokers generally need to determine a client's financial situtation, there can be gray areas, an expert says.

The benefit is becoming more popular now that it can be offered and managed digitally.

The more out-of-left-field the change, the more profound the lesson learned, our columnist has found in the corporate and individual practice realms.

Former CEO John Stumpf agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty to settle civil charges tied to the bank’s fake-accounts scandal. Former community bank head Carrie Tolstedt did not agree to a settlement and is now facing a lawsuit that alleges she committed fraud.