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Ladenburg bonuses should ease retention headaches at SAI

Buyer of Securities America offers carrot to the unit's brokers to entice them to stick; 'most of the advisers will stay put'

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., the prospective owner of Securities America Inc., is offering bonuses to keep the firm's brokers on board and probably won't see an exodus, given the volatility of the stock market.

Ladenburg, a small investment bank that also owns independent broker-d

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