LPL Financial

After being jilted by the nation’s largest IBD, the organization breaks new ground with membership additions.

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"Given all of the turmoil there, you need to have some consistency in leadership and [Roth] was it," one expert says.

Is Roth on his way out?

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The country's largest independent broker-dealer says compliance with the new fiduciary rule will offer competitive advantages.

This in-house position helps one firm attract larger clients and build contractual relationships with descendants.

The firm says it has put regulatory fines in its rearview mirror, has invested in tech upgrades and has devoted resources to helping advisers adapt to the DoL fiduciary rule.

Plan sponsors are open to the addition, but most participants aren’t taking advantage of it.

These 12 program managers from our ranking have logged a combined 375 years in the wealth management industry.

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The leading IBD cut a top consulting division that catered to its largest firms and set up potential conflict between groups of advisers: those in and out of OSJs.

The bank's three advisers and $300M in AUM leave LPL after more than a decade.

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The California credit union teamed up with Golden State Wealth Management to provide financial advisory services to its 28,000 members.

Winnie Sun, of Sun Group Wealth Partners, and Paul Rand, of The Rand Group, break down the obstacles and advantages of making the switch.

We reshuffled the deck on our top program managers and ranked them by third-party marketers.

FINRA cracks down after $1.3M theft from 89-year-old client.