Cetera Financial Group

Nascent partnership at largest female-run IBD ends as Erica McGinnis leaves top spot. Expect more heads to roll, one expert says.

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Fees in 401(k) plan slammed as grossly excessive; investment options as imprudent.

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

The firm filled out its senior management ranks with LPL's Jeffrey Buchheister, who said that he is joining the firm at a "watershed" moment.

See which independent broker-dealer reported over 31% payout growth, plus dive into the average payout for the top 10.

BIC took a fresh look at its top program managers and re-ranked them based solely on productivity.

Most banks and credit unions outsource their investment programs to third-party broker-dealers. Here's how they stack up.

Edmond Walters is seen as bringing deep fintech expertise to rebranded company.

Company veteran LeAnn Rummel will step into the role of president of its bank business; Catherine Bonneau will remain as CEO.

The independent broker-dealer industry could lose a third of its brokers and many of its smallest firms, experts predict. What does that mean for survivors?

See which TPM tops the list for both highest production-per-adviser and highest fee income.

The industrywide gain in fee income is a welcome development given the new fiduciary rule--see how firms are preparing for new regulations as well as new competition.

Firm relaunches as Aretec – Cetera spelled backward; new owners are undisclosed.

Judge’s decision paves way for the Cetera subsidiary’s IBDs to move past RCS troubles; retirement benefits are unaffected, judge says.

As Cetera parent RCS Capital moves toward bankruptcy emergence, the IBD will shutter two smaller IBDs, leading to likely loss of unknown number of advisers.

Rejection is unsurprising and RCS plans to contest objections by Nicholas Schorsch-affiliated entities, says David Orlofsky, RCS' chief restructuring officer.

Lightyear Chief Executive Donald Marron is getting a second chance to purchase the insurer's broker-dealer arm.