Tag: Broker/Dealers

Fidelity Investments said it expanded its Transition Solutions program, which gives brokers information about independent business models.

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced a $1.4-billion settlement with three Wells Fargo affiliates to pay back investors, charities, and small businesses that purchased auction-rate securities...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) said that supervisory failures at MetLife Securities allowed two brokers to engage in undisclosed outside business activities that cost clients millions of...

The latest Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey found that risk appetite among investors is tip-toeing upward.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) will make records of final regulatory actions against brokers permanently available to the public through the BrokerCheck service.

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch equity compensation business has enhanced its services to assist companies in managing such benefits as performance stock, restricted stock, and stock option...

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) pumped up its recruiting package in order to attract top producers, Dow Jones reported.

Citigroup is laying off 75 employees in its personal wealth management group, including branch-based financial advisers, according to Dow Jones.

Brokers are switching firms at a slower pace, and the largest number still go to another wirehouse firm rather than a new advisory channel, according to the Discovery...

ING has reached an agreement to sell three of its U.S. independent retail broker/dealer units—which make up three-quarters of the ING Advisors Network—to Lightyear Capital LLC.

In an effort to attract higher-level advisers, Raymond James Financial Services’ Investment Advisors Division increased the minimum level of assets under management required for new affiliations with registered...

LPL Financial Corporation (LPL) has agreed to pay nearly $1.3 million in restitution to Montana investors in a Ponzi scheme run by an independent broker.

Rick Ketchum, chairman and CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), said the agency has formed a task force to examine how regulation can welcome new forms...

Now that his dispute with Bank of America (BofA) is behind him, Robert McCann will now step in as CEO of Wealth Management Americas at UBS.

After months of fighting with regulators, Bank of America (BofA) is turning over documents about its purchase of Merrill Lynch, according to news reports.

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors said that the principals of The Jones Blair Group of Wells Fargo Advisors will be joining the firm’s Charlotte, North Carolina, office.

J.P. Morgan’s Depositary Receipts (DR) Group announced the launch of its Issuance & Cancellation (I&C) Lock, a solution allowing broker/dealer clients to purchase a contract that establishes a...

Financial advisers who custody with J.P. Morgan will now have access to a new managed account platform from FundQuest Incorporated.

Bank of America (BofA) said it is re-launching the Merrill Lynch brand with a new marketing campaign.