Schwab Advisor Services' results suggest the great diaspora of breakaway brokers to Independence Land—either independent b/ds or RIAs—may have climaxed.
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Two former Merrill brokers won $1.167 million in an arbitration award from Merrill Lynch for deferred compensation benefits that were supposed to vest if they left for “Good Reason” following a change of ownership at the firm. It's...
Long the laggard in recruiting bonuses among its wirehouse rivals, Wells hiked its offering for top producers to 295 percent from 195 percent two weeks ago.
Cetera Financial Group, the independent broker/dealer group, hired Alex Kaye as vice president, and Kian Rafia joins as director of advisory products. Kaye spent the last three-plus years with Wilshire Associates as senior portfolio manager, vice...
