Blue Ocean Investment Group of Westlake, Ohio, is joining the bank's independent arm.
The rule is needed to protect retirement savers from conflicted advice, Democratic lawmakers said.
The firm and its advisor subsidiary kept clients in short-term products for too long, Finra said.
In a survey of 421 wealth managers, 17% are actively considering alternatives to their current B-D, custodian or bank.
Advisors can earn the business of other advisors' clients by helping them transition into retirement.
A Finra panel found these ex-advisors' deferred compensation was protected by ERISA.
The six-member team had been with First Republic before its acquisition by JPMorgan last year.
Hightower says Lars Knudsen was violating his post-sale agreements and creating a hostile work environment.
Three brokers who worked for the company in Abington, Pa., shared the Finra award.
The agency is getting more strict about what it considers an investment recommendation, attorney Fred Reish says.
Telos Investment alleges Hightower breached its contract and poached its clients to inflate its potential sale price.
A decade into her reign, Johnson is reasserting control over the fund giant's London outpost. Heads are rolling.
Paul Shoukry, the firm's chief financial officer, will take the CEO reins from Paul Reilly in fiscal 2025.
Delphia (USA) and Global Predictions agreed to pay $400,000 in penalties for the false claims, the agency said.
A Kentucky firm said LPL, its former affiliate, tried to poach its advisors after a falling out.
This Swiss bank is vying for primacy in global wealth management.
A panel of financial industry professionals said advisors need to get out of their comfort zone when hiring.
The Zurich-based bank has signaled that the U.S. will be a major plank of its growth strategy.
Raymond James has been on a hiring spree for its public finance division for years.
The headlines, reports and data all seem to indicate that the model is tagged for extinction. But is that really the case?