Broker dealers

This year’s report on advisor compensation shows how RIAs and IBDs are attracting, retaining and rewarding talent.

Maybe not, says FINRA — but if you’re IM’ing, using slides during the virtual meeting, or recording it, probably yes.

“Platforms like this you would typically see at the larger broker-dealers and maybe the wirehouses,” says Gary Gallagher, the firm’s head of investment and managed solutions.

While FINRA rules spell out what brokers generally need to determine a client's financial situtation, there can be gray areas, an expert says.

The firm is consolidating its broker-dealer and standalone RIA custody units into one division.

Based on the “forced experiment” of its remote periodic examinations of broker-dealers, the onsite portion “may not be necessary,” Robert Cook said.

Firms had problems related to equities, options and cryptocurrency trading as well as slow websites and mobile apps.

Regulators will conduct surveys and sweep exams to assess how your firm’s BCP handled — or didn’t — the COVID-19 pandemic

Previously, criteria focused on an investor’s wealth. Now, a broader group has access to investments that include private company offerings and certain private equity funds.

Yes, they’ll be going up in September — but not as much as you may have heard.

We need to let go of the idea that everyone should own and trade stocks. Some people are emotionally unfit to do so.

The number of advisors registering with FINRA has fallen since 2016, as more planners elect a fee-only model.

It will be the largest bank channel team at the IBD, with its former clearing house Pershing taking a hit.

Hilltop was fined a total of $475,000, with $100,000 pertaining to violations of municipal securities rules.

The price hikes would come as early as 2022, and follow a budget deficit in 2019.

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

Brokers and fund managers are turning to innovation to remain competitive and capture new customers.

Charles Doraine settled with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Monday without admitting or denying FINRA’s findings.

Even as Schwab, TD Ameritrade and E-Trade attract billions in new assets, company cash yields suffered from Fed cuts.

Which bank wealth management execs are at the top of their game, and how are they coping in the age of coronavirus?