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“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.

It’s one of the largest recruiting moves of the year in the independent broker-dealer sector.

Five firms agreed to pay $3 million to settle an SEC investigation into unsuitable sales of complex exchange-traded products.

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

Executives provided advisors an update. The company has separately said it cut more than 200 retail branches at the end of last month.

The 40-advisor OSJ brings more than double the assets of any other new group unveiled across the IBD network in 2020.

But the regulator also ordered record payouts in 2020, including restitution through a self-reporting program that drew industry ire.

It’s at least the second time in just a few weeks that the firm has sought to limit the expense of rewarding well-paid employees.

The private equity-backed firm’s bottom line has been less affected by coronavirus-related low interest rates than its rivals, Moody’s says.

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CEO Dan Arnold cites growth in traditional channels and in recently launched models that could bring even more opportunities.

Wealthy clients are the fastest growing segment of the company’s retail division.

Even with those challenges, rep productivity and client cash balances expanded in the third quarter.

CEO Jamie Price says the change will reduce potential conflicts of interest related to transaction fees and come with lower prices in wrap accounts.

The former wirehouse advisors specialize in financial strategies for high-net-worth clients, families and businesses.

The firm will use its warchest to expand its technology stack and make acquisitions.

The nation’s largest IBD made its first tech deal this year for a firm that has $120 billion in assets on its platform.

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The company said no additional layoffs would take place this year, but it left the door open to future staffing changes at the newly combined enterprise.

The firm currently fields 40 teams, most of which have joined this year.