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The firm’s chief received a nearly 60% raise in 2016, dwarfing the compensation of several rivals.

The former Barclays broker still owes more than $460,000, a FINRA arbitration panel ruled.

Austin Kilgore was the editor in chief of National Mortgage News from July 2014 to March 2019. He joined the publication in 2010 as managing editor of Mortgage Technology magazine, a former sister publication to NMN.

During his time at NMN parent company SourceMedia, Kilgore wrote articles for online and print, worked both in front of and behind the camera to produce web videos and other multimedia content and edited the work of staff journalists and contributors. He is an active social media participant, engaging his audience across both personal and publication-branded Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook profiles.

Kilgore was also a contributing editor to American Banker and had previously served as managing editor of PaymentsSource.com. Kilgore's served as an editor, reporter and photographer at numerous newspapers, magazines and online publications covering technology, financial services, real estate and public affairs. He is a Texas native and a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Here's what an alternative approach to the Labor Department regulation could look like.

Firms that try to be all things for all clients may end up struggling.

Firms that try to be all things for all clients may end up struggling.

Thakur, CFP, is a 16-year life and qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table and the chairperson of the MDRT South African Committee. He is also a member of the Financial Planning Institute of South Africa, the Financial Intermediaries Association of South Africa and a council member of the Durban Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Lev Breydo is a law clerk in the restructuring practice of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.