Former CFTC Director Gary Gensler will lead the team charged with examining the SEC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve and the National Credit Union Administration.
The SEC claimed that Hughe Duwayne Graham, Donald Lee Howard and Larry Louis Matyas collectively made more than $920,000 in commissions for soliciting investors about purchasing stock in U.S. Lighting Group.
The latest report from Backend Benchmarking found that some digital advice firms, including Wealthsimple and M1 Finance, actually improved their performance and funding during COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated the trend of the need for digital engagement between wholesalers and financial advisors, according to a J.D. Power study.
The deal with Stavis & Cohen Financial, which has about $570 million in assets, will bring CI Financial's total U.S. assets to about $13 billion, and its North American assets will total $59 billion.