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Its rivals have been building out their own insurance arms in recent years and have brought on executives who can help them attract more business.

The firm announced plans in March to acquire $200 million of its stock and has been in the market on average once every three trading days since.

The leaders raked in a combined $949 billion over the past decade.

A “distribution bump” from the commission-free trading trend that took hold late last year may be behind the surge, analysts say.

Almost half of employers are already opening up their offices again — but some challenges lie ahead.

Amy Cooper, who was fired from her job as head of insurance investment, could face up to one year in jail, three years of probation or a $1,000 fine.

Jacob Gottlieb, whose $8 billion fund shuttered amid an insider trading scandal two years ago, received a $150,000 to $350,000 loan for his new shop.

The largest percentage of women advisors for any single firm rose from the previous year, but the available numbers paint a stark picture.

Jane Gladstone, new president of Promontory Interfinancial Network, says the recession will accelerate the shakeout among the nonbank disruptors and that small banks have an opportunity to forge new bonds with the survivors.

Some of the industry’s biggest players are taking a wait-and-see approach as active, non-transparent funds take their crucial first steps.

The manager is still recovering from losses that started in 2015, when his main fund fell 20%, and deepened with a record 34% decline three years later.

The central bank is now the third largest holder of the $54 billion iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD).

This year’s survey results reveal challenges for independent broker-dealers and their future growth.

Grappling with margin pressure, consolidation and fragmentation, the sector questions its identity.

Wealth management firms should define success by how well their operations perform under pressure, Kestra Financial COO Kris Chester says in an episode of Financial Planning’s podcast.

The basic yet revealing query shows why it’s not just about FINRA registration as a BD and 1099 contractor status for advisors.

For the first time, the ranks of the top 25 firms according to their annual business include single entries for IBD networks.

This interactive tool provides the full collection of data from Financial Planning's 35th annual study of the largest firms in the space.

The industry outranked asset classes including private equity and venture capital, which have historically ranked higher in a Credit Suisse survey.

The firm had a target of joining the "$1 trillion club." Instead, clients withdrew more than $157 billion from its 2017 merger to the end of last year.