UBS Wealth Management Americas’ fourth quarter pre-tax profit plummeted 94 percent to $13 million, down from $217 million a year ago. The global wealth manager blamed the hit on market volatility, as well as increased legal and regulatory...
More than 3,000 RIAs and wealth management industry icons are expected to gather in Orlando this week for the 20th iteration of TD Ameritrade Institutional’s National LINC conference...
Despite the market volatility, Ameriprise Financial’s fourth quarter earnings grew 7 percent year-over-year to $2.47 a share, beating analysts’ estimates by $0.12, according to Seeking Alpha. The firm’s operating net...
The Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule could create a wave of so-called “orphan accounts” at independent broker/dealers, IBD executives said during the Financial Services Institute's OneVoice conference Tuesday. ...
Jeff Rosenthal became the president and CEO of Triad Advisors on Jan. 1, 2016, succeeding co-founder of the Atlanta-based broker/dealer, Mark Mettelman. Rosenthal, who previously served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer, sat...
When it comes to cybersecurity, independent broker-dealers lag the wider industry on utilizing basic safeguards to protect customer information and prevent fraudulent activity. ...
For many older advisors, the task of finding an exit strategy can be so daunting that they simply put it off or don’t do it. But your successor could be the person sitting across the table—your client.
That’s how Joel Shaps came to run Los Alt...
With the Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary rule due out in the first half of 2016, the Financial Services Institute is focusing on helping prepare advisors and firms to comply with the new standard, and will turn its advocacy...
AIG has sold its Advisor Group broker/dealers to Lightyear Capital, a private equity firm, and PSP Investments, a Canadian pension fund investment manager, the insurer announced Tuesday morning. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter...
Sargent Bickham Lagudis, a $1 billion registered investment advisor headquartered in Boulder, Colo., is merging with Colorado Financial Management, a $250 million firm in northern Colorado, and taking on the smaller shop's...