Corporate governance

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Genstar Capital Managing Partner Tony Salewski spoke openly with advisors about the firm’s investment strategy for the IBD network.

The group of fee-only practices and networks have 1,187 IARs who manage a combined $95.7 billion.

Director tenures, nominations and committees are changing after an independent task force identified weaknesses.

These firms oversee more than $185 billion in combined assets.

The firm is maintaining control but dropping its FINRA registration as the sector’s rising expenses and lower margins fuel consolidation.

Investor advocates, religious groups and proponents of ESG investing argue the changes are a gift to business lobbyists that will muzzle corporate critics.

The company has been experimenting with ways to recruit more women and minorities, including a program to hire professionals who had left banking.

While some industry employees are eager for the normalcy of their offices, others are more reluctant as experts predict another rise in virus cases.

That decision was “heavily debated” and so far the company has found that its operations have fared well with remote work, Jose Minaya said at a conference.

Several companies said this week they’re slashing expenses as the economy limps along. Others would prefer to keep investing in new technologies to better gauge which changes in consumer behavior will stick.

The company's outgoing CFO discussed ways the asset cap is stunting growth, but provided no updates at an industry conference on when the restriction might be lifted or the types of jobs it will cut.

Funds focused on the sector lost more than $2.4 billion in August, the most since 2016.

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Focusing on “investment in leadership and access to markets,” the IBD aims to support reps and clients of diverse backgrounds, its head recruiter says.

The father-son practice with two other advisors switched their affiliations after its founder had spent 18 years with New York Life.

During Andy Kalbaugh’s tenure with the No. 1 IBD, its headcount grew by more than 50% to nearly 17,000 reps.

The executive shuffle at the company continues as Credit Suisse America’s Paula Dominick is hired to replace Mike Roemer as chief compliance officer. It also hired or promoted four line-of-business chief risk officers and an enterprise testing leader.

With higher compensation offers and a track record of independence, the No. 1 IBD is “challenging the status quo,” its head recruiter says.