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Financial advisor Christian D’Urso spends his mornings hiking, kayaking or biking, and his afternoons running a $110 million advisory business on the water.
March 25 -
The agreement will expand the companies’ recruiting efforts in the bank and wirehouse channels.
February 17 -
The founding partners of the 300-advisor OSJ will remain in their current roles for three years under the same structure as before the deal.
January 13 -
LPL Financial and indie rivals like Raymond James, Wells Fargo FiNet and Kestra Financial completed at least 17 recruiting grabs of $800 million or more this year.
December 18 -
The OSJ scooped up teams from Edward Jones, Wells Fargo Advisors and Wedbush Securities.
December 11 -
The No. 1 IBD is responsible for nearly half of the dozen mega-moves in its sector this year.
November 24 -
In a surprise announcement, Private Advisor Group tapped Moore as CEO nearly two years after he left Cetera for undisclosed medical reasons.
November 18 -
It’s one of the largest recruiting moves of the year in the independent broker-dealer sector.
November 16 -
The 40-advisor OSJ brings more than double the assets of any other new group unveiled across the IBD network in 2020.
November 11 -
The No. 1 IBD is keeping up the recruiting momentum that’s sustaining record headcounts and billion-dollar moves.
October 23 -
The firm is maintaining control but dropping its FINRA registration as the sector’s rising expenses and lower margins fuel consolidation.
September 30 -
Bleakley Financial Group also picked up an ex-hedge fund portfolio manager while expanding its national footprint.
September 22 -
The No. 1 IBD has completed three of the sector’s 10 largest recruiting moves of the year.
September 18 -
Focusing on “investment in leadership and access to markets,” the IBD aims to support reps and clients of diverse backgrounds, its head recruiter says.
August 18 -
The latest roundup of 32 IBD affiliation moves, M&A deals and expert studies reveals the mixed impact of the coronavirus.
July 24 -
The insurer-owned IBD identifies leaders in target markets as it offers independence “with a hug,” according to its head of recruiting.
June 11 -
A former craft brewer and an ex-rugby star went indie with Gladstone Financial Resources Group.
May 26 -
Senior leaders at the No. 1 IBD meet daily about the pandemic as large enterprises set their own continuity plans into motion with an eye toward ensuring operations.
March 20 -
The largest enterprise under LPL’s biggest OSJ is getting even bigger, after adding its sixth advisor of the past 12 months.
March 13 -
Financial advisor Alex Chalekian started out his career with a mentor “who was not the nicest person.” Ever since, he has wanted to serve as a resource to fellow planners, he explains in an episode of Financial Planning’s Invest Podcast.
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