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  • The sale of $15 billion Grove Point Financial comes as smaller broker-dealers confront market headwinds.

    April 18
    Kestra Financial Headquarters in Austin, Texas - June 27 2018
  • After 13 years at the helm, Wise's exit has sparked a search for the fintech provider's next full-time CEO.

    April 18
  • CG Advisor Network leaves Geneos Wealth and changes its primary custodian from Schwab's TD Ameritrade.

    April 18
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  • Dushyant Sengar is the director with the valuation & capital markets analysis team.

    April 18
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  • A securities expert says the Ponzi-like plot allegedly carried out by a former Deutsche Bank investment banker is a sign that regulators need to provide crypto clarity.

    April 17
  • YorkBridge Wealth, which has $1 billion in client assets, brings a team of a half dozen employees under two founding ex-wirehouse advisors.

    April 17
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  • Investor advocates argue that Massachusetts was within its right to hold broker-dealers to a higher standard.

    April 17
    The Robinhood application is displayed in the App Store on an Apple Inc. iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. The Securities Investor Protection Corp. said a new checking account from Robinhood Financial LLC raises red flags and that the deposited funds may not be eligible for protection. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
  • Shan Haq is vice president of corporate strategy and development at Transcepta, a cloud-based AP automation platform. Haq is responsible for shaping Transcepta's strategy for new markets, products and alliances. Through leadership roles in corporate strategy, marketing and product management, Haq has successfully grown businesses within Microsoft, Deloitte Consulting and Boeing Space and Technology.

    April 17
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  • Rama Sreenivasan is co-founder and CEO of Blitzz, a live, app-free remote video support and inspection platform. Sreenivasan has led the company through its initial inception, launch, and subsequent growth to several million video support minutes per month. Major customers include BMW, Sealy, Fedex, and Rogers telecommunications. 

    Before founding Blitzz in 2017, Rama spent several years working as a scientist and educator. His biggest joy comes from helping others solve their problems and he is passionate about finding effective ways to disseminate knowledge. Sreenivasan has a PhD and MS in chemical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. He also did his post doctoral research at MIT in Cambridge, Boston.

    April 17
  • Steve is a partner in PwC's Risk Modeling Services practice. He leads PwC's US Climate Risk Modeling team and has more than 24 years of experience in actuarial risk and financial modeling. Steve's team is comprised of actuaries, financial analysts, PhD climate scientists, data scientists, geospatial engineers, and other climate risk specialists. His approach blends climate science with geospatial analysis and financial modeling to help clients identify, measure, and manage climate risk exposure. Projects include climate change risk assessments and quantification for both physical and transition risk, emissions optimization, and other financial and risk modeling projects. Steve has a degree in Mathematics from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst.

    April 17