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  • 2 days ago | investmentnews.com | Bruce Kelly

    Sure, LPL Financial Holdings' $2.7 billion purchase this year of rival Commonwealth Financial Network has grabbed plenty of headlines. But it turns out the staff at LPL has been plenty busy quietly buying the practices of much smaller firms, with an annual war chest in the neighborhood of $800 million to do so, according to one analyst.

  • 3 days ago | investmentnews.com | Bruce Kelly

    UBS Financial Services wrongfully terminated a financial advisor based in Boise, Idaho four years ago and is on the hook for $1 million in damages, according to a three-person arbitration panel decision issued Tuesday by FINRA Dispute Resolutions Services. This FINRA division oversees private legal disputes between clients, advisors and broker-dealers. The financial advisor, Randy S.

  • 4 days ago | investmentnews.com | Bruce Kelly

    The Arizona Securities Division last month moved to take the securities license from a financial advisor, Michael V. Bradley and his eponymous registered investment advisor, alleging “improper recommendation to clients” who bought high-risk, private placement securities issued from 2015 to 2018 issued and managed by GPB Capital Holdings.

  • 4 days ago | investmentnews.com | Bruce Kelly

    More details have emerged about where the job cuts at Morgan Stanley and Atria Wealth Solutions, recently acquired by LPL Financial Holdings. Financial advisors are almost never laid off as part of cost cutting or consolidation efforts at retail securities firms because they generate revenue and drive growth.

  • 1 week ago | investmentnews.com | Bruce Kelly

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on Tuesday fined an online brokerage Open to the Public Investing $350,000 for its shortcoming in monitoring statements by social media influencers. These influencers are also known as "finfluencers" when they focus on financial activity. FINRA, which regulates the brokerage industry, has been focused on firms and their use of social media for several years.

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