Economy

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.

The husband-and-wife team say their new employer reminded them of their first firm, Smith Barney.

Derek Burke discussed the Advisor Group firm’s upcoming digital offering and his top priorities.

The regional firm's new hires joined from FSC Securities, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

The impact of a possible stock market decline, benefits of firm size and the breakaway phenomenon were debated at the Deals & Deal Makers conference.

The advisors joined existing practices within the bank's independent broker-dealer arm.

Doing homework and knowing how to enter and how to exit are essential.