Bleakley Financial Group also picked up an ex-hedge fund portfolio manager while expanding its national footprint.

The seven advisors managed more than $450 million in combined client assets.

The number is behind previous years, but the firm’s new head of business development says independence is more appealing amid the coronavirus.

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Choosing their own technology for clients was a big draw for the advisors, who affiliated with Kestra.

The No. 1 IBD has completed three of the sector’s 10 largest recruiting moves of the year.

The firm’s talent-analytics associate director had claimed the company hired fewer women than men and that she was paid less than her male counterparts.

Representation of women and minorities remains “startlingly” low.

The bank was seeking to overturn some $400,000 in attorney fees awarded to four advisors as part of a $2 million case.

CEO Robert Cook has launched a task force and started assessing his own actions, he said in a panel at the Quad-A Vision conference.

Ameriprise, for example, has hosted more six times as many advisors virtually than it did in person last year.

The majority of job cuts are in corporate departments, with little impact to advisors or client service roles, the firm says.

It’s the latest team to exit the wirehouse as profit suffers.

The firm is targeting elite advisors who cater to high-net-worth and ultrahigh-net-worth clients.

Clients may have an ability to increase the ratio of after-tax dollars in their account by completing one or more transactions that are exempt from the pro rata rule.

Some of the recently acquired advisors will open branch offices for the growing BD.

To protect client nest eggs, advisors must know which savings vehicles are protected — and they’re not all created equal.

One problem is the proposal is focusing on the minor advantage of tax-deferred retirement plans, says Bloomberg columnist Aaron Brown.

The department faced scathing criticism for hours from insurers and consumer advocates alike.