Industry

The financial services firm continues to go before FINRA arbitration panels to defend itself against claims over ex-broker's actions.

One of the largest fee-only advisory firms in the country picked up a team that has grown by a factor of 9 over the past three decades.

The firm and an advisor kept clients in leveraged funds for extended periods, even though they were often meant to be held for a single day.

But the firms continue to close faster than new ones open, suggesting consolidation remains an industry trend.

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The former United Capital and Goldman Sachs executives who founded the new RIA consolidator chose Kansas City as the location for their first anchor office.

Planner Pamela Perskie's advisory practice, which serves musicians, NBA players and real estate and private equity executives, left Mariner to start its own firm.

Advisors managing over around $2.5 billion of assets moved since the start of the week, joining employers such as UBS and Wells Fargo, as some doubt their prospects at the former First Republic under new owner JPMorgan Chase.

The banking giant's asset and wealth management arm boasts more than $4.3 trillion of client assets.

The support firm for RIAs sees opportunities to position itself between buyers and sellers of firms.