The next three months will prove critical in figuring out which of the new funds will be made available to the company’s clients, says LPL's Rob Pettman.

“We got tired of being shuffled around like cattle from private equity. We had no idea which direction Osaic is going,” said Jason Hohenstein, co-founder of the Equity Design Group.

Ed Stober will work to develop relationships within the nascent family office/CPA structure.

State Street’s exchange-traded fund assets under management more than doubled to $1.2 trillion during Thompson’s nearly six-year tenure at the firm.

The complaint follows a suit filed by former employee, Molly Nelson, who claimed Avantax’s restrictive covenants were “unenforceable.”

The investment manager has grouped its private credit, real estate equity and debt, private equity and other strategies under the PGIM Private Alternatives banner with plans to grow its menu of investments further.

Some compliance experts took issue with a recent Michael Kitces podcast that appeared to endorse a marketing strategy that includes soliciting and reposting clients’ Google reviews.

Osaic’s acquisition of Lincoln will have minimal impact on the wealth management firm’s debt leverage and interest coverage, the ratings agencies said.

The ETF is an attempt to ride the wave of the so-called Magnificent 7 tech stocks in a covered call ETF, which offers investors some tax benefits, but limits flexibility and upside, according to industry pros.