The more than $50 million investment in Bleakley will help the hybrid RIA launch an equity ownership program for its advisors and enter the M&A game.

TradePMR poaches four technology hires in an effort to deepen integrations, improve the user experience and better compete with the big custodians.

Adding the Virginia and Pennslyvania-based Agili to CW Advisors will boost the combined firm to 11 offices nationwide, with 113 employees and $10 billion in AUM.

Advisors are being asked to go beyond the Triple Fs as convergence continues to gain traction.

Icahn is being fined $500,000 and Icahn Enterprises LP will pay $1.5 million related to insufficient disclosure of how IEP units were pledged as collateral against his personal margin loans.

The new offices will be based in Boca Raton, Fla., and Allentown, Pa.