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NEWS BROKER DEALERS OCT 03, 2014
RCAP back on acquisition trail

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS ALTERNATIVES OCT 03, 2014
Finra asks for delay in implementing rule affecting nontraded REIT customer statements

Changes would not take effect until 18 months after SEC signs off, three times longer than originally proposed.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 29, 2014
Jay Wintrob resigns as CEO of AIG Life and Retirement

He had been in contention to succeed Benmosche as head of AIG.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 28, 2014
An 'adviser' in name only

Calling a broker an adviser is dangerous, and it's time to embrace the black-and-white distinction.

By MFXFeeder
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 25, 2014
LPL wants bigger voice in Washington

The independent broker-dealer is set to open a public affairs office in the nation's capital in response to increased federal regulation.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 25, 2014
Executives of defunct IBD hit with $1.05 million arbitration award

Investors sued individuals after the firm, Allied Beacon Partners, ran out of capital and failed to pay earlier arb award.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 25, 2014
Former LPL exec Bruton lands

Ex-managing director of LPL Financial is named CEO of Lucia Capital Group, a firm that includes an RIA and broker-dealer and has $2.3 billion of client assets.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 24, 2014
Penny stock bust includes ex-husband of 'Sopranos' star

One of those arrested, Abraxas 'A.J.” Discala, was married to Jamie-Lynn Sigler

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS ALTERNATIVES SEP 23, 2014
RCAP buying Cole Advisor for $700 million

Nicholas Schorsch's RCS Capital has agreed to buy Cole Capital, which he also controls. <i>Plus: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20140917/INFOGRAPHIC/140919935&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">See our map of the REIT czar's empire</a></i>

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS ALTERNATIVES SEP 23, 2014
Untangling Nicholas Schorsch's vast web of businesses

The REIT czar's empire is broken down in this &quot;simple&quot; visual covering all entities under his purview

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 19, 2014
Regional broker-dealers need creativity to keep up in the recruiting arms race

With deep pockets aggressively recruiting assets tied to teams, advisers need to remember why they are paid bonuses in the first place.

By Gary Martino
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 19, 2014
Possible fee refunds for poor performance spur debate

By Andrew Leigh
NEWS ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Schorsch's RCS buys majority stake in Docupace Technologies

Company provides SEC- and Finra-compliant paperless processing systems to financial services firms.

By Joyce Hanson
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2014
$450 million hybrid RIA network launches with LPL

Financial Advocacy Network, a collective of 13 advisers with $450 million in assets, is hoping to grow to $1 billion in five years

By Mason Braswell
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2014
LPL losing another top member of investment management team

Scott Welch, co-founder and CIO of Fortigent, is latest to leave.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Integration of Schorsch BD empire gets underway

By year end, RCAP expects to consolidate business groups across 9 B-Ds.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2014
Nontraded REIT guidelines too late for some clients

State securities regulators are making noise about implementing changes to policies that would limit how much a client's net worth could be invested in nontraded real estate investment trusts. Those limits would have helped clients in the case of a Louisiana broker who now has a Finra complaint.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 15, 2014
New broker working group aims for easy-to-read fee disclosure

NASAA report on hidden and complicated fee disclosures sparks drive for simple, uniform language.

By Joyce Hanson
NEWS FINTECH SEP 14, 2014
The latest data on technology at independent broker-dealers

A snapshot of tech spending and usage at IBDs

By Andrew Leigh
NEWS RIAS SEP 11, 2014
SEC takes a hard stance on soft dollar abuses

By Les Abromovitz