Economy

A segmented market is ready to embrace scale, says Raymond James president Bill Van Law.

Michael Parker joins the regional firm as it ramps up recruiting efforts, netting a number of large wirehouse teams.

Can your clients use the increasingly popular "still working" rule? Yes, but get a handle on the rules first.

The new platform offers the convenience of a brokerage account without incurring any of the fees that go with it, the companies say.

The new hires join the wirehouse from rivals Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.

The BD says it has recruited 83 new reps this year as part of Advisor Group’s overall haul of 295.

The regional BD is on a recruiting roll, having poached two of the wirehouse’s teams this week.

Most advisors don’t have required safeguards in place, one expert says.

Roughly 15% of government workers are eligible to retire, but for most government jobs there is no mandatory retirement age.

27 firms have signed on to the standard, but state regulators and industry groups are pushing for more.

The president looks to fulfill a key promise from his campaign.

The $195 million cash purchase is Envestnet’s sixth largest deal since 2010.

The move is the fourth major recruiting announcement for the firm this month.

Regional firm’s Miami branch marks continued southeastern expansion.

"This is a window for these regional firms to really explode," says Rob Blevins, a recruiter in Dublin, Ohio.

Patrick O’Donovan will focus on recruiting new talent and helping advisors with succession planning, he says.

The rep purportedly received an email from the impostor requesting that she sell securities to fund the wire request to a third-party in the United Kingdom.

The case marks the second one this month involving the newly acquired IBD.

The U.S. Private Equity Access Fund Platform includes 33 offerings and more than 7,000 domestic and international investors.

The practice left its BD less than a year after John Hancock acquired Transamerica Financial Advisors.