Practice

The new additions join a set of big hires at the wirehouse.

The UHNW unit signed advisors managing a combined $3.7 billion this year and committed to maintaining a physical presence in its New York headquarters.

LPL Financial and indie rivals like Raymond James, Wells Fargo FiNet and Kestra Financial completed at least 17 recruiting grabs of $800 million or more this year.

The revelation is buried in an SEC enforcement action that accused Robinhood of hiding for years how it made the bulk of its revenue.

The popular trading app omitted information about its payment for order flow practice, the regulator says.

Like its largest rivals, the wirehouse kept grids at par after a tumultuous 2020.

The firm has about 200,000 staffers doing their jobs from home, a spokesman said.

The state’s securities regulator claims the popular app uses “gamification” to manipulate customers and fails to prevent frequent outages on its trading platform, among other misconduct.

With 350 firms on its client roster, the acquisition of Flourish gives the insurer a springboard into the independent advisor market.

The regulation permits more exemptions from fiduciary duties, but may itself be replaced by the incoming Biden administration.