Annie Massa

The equity trading platform follows cryptocurrency trading, which it started offering in February.

Hiring will be across all job functions—69% in customer-facing positions, while 14% will be technology roles.

Customers placed 6.58 million daily average trades in the first quarter, a decline of 22% from the year-ago period.

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For diehard fans of the company’s founder, what’s at stake is the very soul of the $8 trillion mutual-fund giant.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler said that paying for order flow has “an inherent conflict of interest.”

Aperio, a creator of tailored index strategies, oversees about $36 billion in assets for ultra-wealthy clients and institutions.