'We’re looking to be more than just a certification board,' Ferrara says.

The Investment Adviser Association has announced that David Tittsworth will step down from his position as executive director in 2015. Since joining the advocacy group for RIAs in 1996, Tittsworth has grown the IAA from two employees and about 20...

Steve Lockshin, founder and chairman of top RIA firm Convergent Wealth Advisors, has joined the executive board of Ron Carson’s firm, Carson Wealth Management Group, a competitor to Convergent. Lockshin will help develop the growth strategy...

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Mohamed El-Erian will step down from his role as CEO and co-chief investment officer of bond giant PIMCO in March, the company announced Tuesday. He served as head of PIMCO for six years. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of Harvard's...

Just one day after announcing the acquisition of Cetera, RCS Capital Corp.’s (RCAP) Nicholas Schorsch said he would buy independent broker/dealer J.P. Turner for $27 million. The addition J.P. Turner increases Schorsch’s advisor...

Pershing’s recent survey of 500 college students showed that this population needs some wooing in order to consider financial services in their career plans. We asked Kim Dellarocca, Pershing’s global head of segment marketing and...

Raymond James has announced that Chet Helck, CEO of the firm’s global private client group, will retire from his role in February. The company has not named a successor. Scott Curtis, president of Raymond James Financial Services, the...

In a surprise move, the former senator informs the industry group he is stepping down.