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Further shifts in broker pay could be possible as the industry moves to comply with the fiduciary rule and the Department of Labor issues new guidance.

The advisers are the first to obtain startup capital from the firm.

The marketplace may be the ultimate arbiter of the regulation, say MarketCounsel conference experts.

Can a mobile budgeting tool actually change spending behavior?

Stephens recruited an executive with more than 30 years experience, whose career includes stops at Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers, PaineWebber and Merrill Lynch.

Arbitrators also rejected the former adviser's counterclaims for $51 million in damages.

An arbitration panel ordered the wirehouse to settle the latest dispute stemming from client investment losses tied to the island commonwealth's massive debt crisis.

The advisers had about $1.5 million in annual revenues when they were at the wirehouse, according to the regional firm.

Casady provides both consistency and a fresh approach, leaders of the firm's OSJs say.

President Dan Arnold will be tasked with managing the rollout of new digital technologies and implementing the fiduciary rule.