During Clayton's tenure as SEC chair, regulators determined Bitcoin and Ether weren’t securities, removing an overhang that could have impeded trading and acceptance of those tokens.

After more than three decades in practice, Ron Davidson, who broke down barriers as one of the first Black independent financial advisors, found his successor with the help of LPL’s diversity and inclusion initiative. He retires on April 1.

A succinct summary of mergers, acquisitions and movement in wealth management for the week ending March 26.

Michael Barry Carter pleaded guilty last July to fraud for making unauthorized fund transfers out of client accounts.

The Morgan Stanley–recommended law firm that represented the transitioning advisors told them their nonsolicit agreements with Schwab were unenforceable, according to their lawsuit against the lawyers.

The Financial Planning Association launched a new knowledge circle to focus on issues unique to the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

The firm added its first ever chief data and analytics officer and its first chief marketing officer since 2013, among other leadership hires, in an effort to bring more coherence across the business lines.

Cynthia Hewitt shares her story of struggling as one of the only female advisors in the industry in the 1970s, and what prompted her to return after two years in retirement.

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Progressive Financial Concepts joins Wealth Consulting Group, an office of supervisory jurisdiction of LPL Financial.