Gwen Weithaus will join as chief compliance officer for one of Cetera’s network of four independent firms and will report to Cetera Chief Risk Officer Joseph Neary.
Douglas Rothermich, who previously built out TIAA’s HNW planning group and advised on $1 billion in assets, joins Fidelis as a partner and wealth strategist.
The Brown-Brinkley Group includes two managing directors with nearly six decades of collective industry experience. They will operate out of RBC’s office in Tysons, Virginia.
James McDonald was taken into custody in Port Orchard, Wash. and will face federal charges in Los Angeles. He is accused of losing millions in client funds and fled an SEC subpoena in 2021.
Sources close to the company say the clearing and custody firm has let go of its business consulting group and half a dozen people in its product group, just a week after its annual INSITE conference.