Independent BDs

Merger of two LPL practices seeks to expand a new niche; banks seek non-interest, fee-based income from independent planners.

By taking a 6.3% stake in LPL, activist investor Marcato Capital is expected to push for big changes, as it has at public companies such as BNY Mellon and Sotheby's.

United Capital plans for a white label version of its financial life management platform and the firm will be announcing an acquisition of a robo solution in the fourth quarter.

Panel envisions a recognizable credential that would help investors distinguish between financial professionals committed to clients' best interest and those pushing products.

Steve Dunlap is one of at least six top leaders who have lost jobs at Cetera or its troubled parent, RCS Capital, during last ten months.

Travails of parent company RCS Capital have been "distracting" but haven't impeded expansion, says Douglas King, Cetera Advisor Networks' president and CEO.

The independent Fidelity division can never be the same without its founder, but could still grow into a juggernaut, some planners say.

Three advisors left the wirehouse to found an independent firm with help from Dynasty Financial Partners.

Edmond Walters's departure takes Fidelity by surprise, and throws plans for eMoney Advisor Summit next month into disarray.

Serving as an RCS Capital director proved too great a distraction from Larry Roth's role as Cetera CEO, a regional Cetera leader says.

Two veteran advisors left the wirehouse to form an independent firm with help from Dynasty Financial Partners.

Historically private on recruiting specifics, LPL hopes to attract new advisors by publishing names of advisors who've just joined.

Originally a small group of female financial professionals, the firm's annual event for women advisors expects more than 260 participants.

The advisors left UBS and Huntington Investment for the Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network.

Marzano Capital Group joins LPL-affiliated recruiting firm Independent Advisor Alliance.

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The firm will "re-focus" its business on Cetera, which will enter into a "strategic relationship" with Apollo Global Management to offer that firm's sponsored alternative investment products.

Creating a high-end brand from scratch is a daunting prospect, says Jeff Spears, chief executive of Sanctuary Wealth Services.

"We are reasonably confident that going into 2016 regulatory expenses will be down substantially," says LPL's acting chief financial officer Tom Lux.

A former Wells Fargo FiNet affiliate has signed on with Raymond James' independent broker-dealer.