The DOJ charged Eddy Blizzard with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The alleged crime caused the victim's house to go into foreclosure.

The mergers, acquisitions and advisor moves you may have missed the week of April 12 to 16, 2021.

The ancient practice offers useful insights for advisors to regulate their own emotions and better serve their clients.

The firm’s net new assets in the wealth management business were up 183% from a year ago, which executives attribute to net new clients, asset consolidation from existing clients and stock plan retention.

Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Bill Foster have introduced a new bill addressing an old issue—whether to ban mandatory arbitration agreements between investors and advisors.

Bentley Blackmon and Phillip Worthen launch Naviter Wealth with the help of two former Envestnet executives.

Amid a proxy battle with an activist investor, advisors who recently left Avantax say service levels suffered and fees rose after parent company Blucora acquired and combined their broker/dealers.

As Blucora continues to face a proxy battle with activist investor Ancora, its former CEO, John Clendening, accuses the company of filing false statements.  

Advisor Lisa Quadrini has departed Wells Fargo for Brandywine Oak Private Wealth, where she worked when it was part of Merrill Lynch.

Schwab blamed an “issue created by a software enhancement” for erroneously transferring $1.2 million in February to the Fidelity account of Kelyn Spadoni, rather than the $82.56 she had requested.