A former middle school and high school English teacher, Bruce Kelly started at InvestmentNews in 2000 as the brokerage reporter after a two-year stint at sister publication Pensions & Investments. He writes a bi-weekly, award winning column, On Advice, and covers the independent broker-dealer industry.
IPOs may still be a road to riches for giant aggregators, but critics say hurdles remain.
The egregious case of Jamie Worden and the continuing issue of unpaid arbitration awards.
Large firms like Schwab typically occupy huge offices in prime, and expensive, downtown locations in large cities across the country.
It's not clear what type of employees were laid off, but one industry executive says big firms are rethinking the hiring of administrative assistants.
The Miami Beach, Florida-based advisor, Chuck Roberts, is a 33-year industry veteran and has worked at Stifel since 2016.
Along with net interest income, the bank’s total client assets also grew.
Arizona-based Arque Capital Ltd. sold bonds issued by bankrupt GWG Holdings Inc.
A year after the firm's decision to give advisors more flexibility, 700 Edward Jones financial advisors, or more than 3%, now work in combined offices.
According to the SEC and Finra, for years Merrill botched the reporting threshold for potential suspicious transactions.
Broker-dealers are gaining the double whammy of billing higher fees based on more client assets as well as generating more revenue from higher interest rates.
