The deal between Investment Counsel and LaFleur & Godfrey will mark the latter's second transaction in the past 12 months, and comes after Focus partner firms had a busy 2020 in M&A activity.
Stifel is working to revitalize its sleepy independent broker/dealer, Century Securities, starting with a rebrand and a new chief, former Wells Fargo exec Alex David.
The SEC claimed Douglas Elstun put clients' long-term money in high-risk leveraged and inverse ETFs, funds meant for short-term trading. He was trying to 'please too many people,' his lawyer said.