Economy

The No. 1 IBD revealed new details of its W-2 affiliation after it followed rivals into the employee channel with an acquisition it made last year.

“We basically had clients demanding that we find a new home,” after Wells Fargo failed to secure PPP loans for them, an advisor says.

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

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The St. Louis-based firm claims its rival “instructs incoming recruits to compile client information from their former firm” as a matter of course.

He's the second executive to depart the custodian in the past two weeks.

The new recruits cited their new employer’s technology platform as motivation for making the career change.

The new additions help offset some recent departures at the wirehouse.

The independent broker-dealers big enough to serve the most financial advisors enjoy advantages but face distinct challenges.

Amid coronavirus-imposed lockdowns, the firm will retool and retrain approximately 3,000 young advisors.

The wirehouse added a pair of veteran advisors from its rival after picking up several new hires in recent weeks.

Educating clients with startup businesses on the new regulations can help them provide for employees without breaking the bank.

The Minnesota-based Falldin-Mattson Group was previously at Morgan Stanley.

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.

An all-woman team joined the firm in Miami while a branch manager is installed in a new Northern California office.

If approved, the firm would be able to issue its own ETFs, although they haven’t registered any individual funds yet.

A typical investment for Nuveen's $5.8 billion impact investing unit these days ranges from $20 million to $60 million, says its co-head.

The latest roundup of 32 IBD affiliation moves, M&A deals and expert studies reveals the mixed impact of the coronavirus.

The move follows efforts to reduce expenses in the company’s global wealth management business.