Congress completes first acquisition since CI Financial sold its stake to Audax, two Indiana firms merge to create $750 million AUM Wellington Wealth, a 10-person team leaves Ameriprise for OneSeven and NewEdge Wealth adds to Bay Area office.

As the RIA space has become more professionalized, so has the organizational design of top firms.

Bruno, the managing director of Informa Connect Global Finance, Wealth Management, is moving on to a new role with Emigrant Partners.

The accusations against five of the firm’s reps arrives several months after FINRA barred the firm from the industry for numerous alleged violations, including against the SEC's Regulation Best Interest rule.

Former broker Megurditch Patatian allegedly recommended 81 purchases totaling more than $7.8 million of the high-risk product over the course of several years, according to regulators.

His addition is meant to help the company grow in an increasingly crowded and competitive space.

Patrick “Pat” Ricketts and Mindy Helfrich of Vintage Financial Group have more than four decades of total industry experience and have worked together for more than 10 years.