Bluespring, the RIA acquisition arm of Kestra Financial, revealed Tuesday that it has acquired Believeland.

The purchase of Winslow, Evans & Crocker will add 50 advisors and $2.5 billion.

Wells Fargo will pay $450,000 after 1,098 agents and 561 supervisors did not register in Massachusetts.

A Mercatus working paper supports the need for title reform, but it argues that regulators should take a different tack to prevent professionals from making up new titles.

Summit announced that two advisors with more than $1.5 billion in AUM will join the firm from Wilmington Trust to open the office in Harrisburg.

Motty Mizrahi was charged with defrauding over 40 investors, many from the Jewish community in Los Angeles.

The Wealthies, by the numbers.

Robert Morley Jr., who was arrested at the Detroit Metro Airport, allegedly stole $700,000 from an elderly couple; he pleaded no contest.

The team, from Tucson, Ariz., was attracted to the broker/dealer’s connection with clients, something the big firms are lacking.