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Cetera Replaces CEO Roth With Moore as RCS Bankruptcy Woes Fade

September 1, 2016

By Janet Levaux, ThinkAdvisor

The IBD appears to be replacing a ‘wartime leader’ with a ‘peacetime leader,’ one observer says

Less than a week after talk of a possible change at the top, Cetera Financial Group says board Chairman Robert J. Moore will take over as CEO from Larry Roth on Sept. 12.

According to Moore, Roth will stay on as a consultant through year-end. Board member Robert Dineen is set to become the acting nonexecutive chairman of Aretec, Cetera’s parent company.

“This transition was driven by the board and its assessment of the company’s future … and what it wanted to do that would be best” for the firm, its roughly 9,000 affiliated advisors and their clients,

Roth Tells Cetera Reps He’ll Bring ‘Clarity’ on Leadership Soon

August 30, 2016

By Janet Levaux, ThinkAdvisor

The executive sent a memo to the IBD’s 9,000 reps on Monday amid intense industry chatter

Amid intense industry speculation that he could be pushed out, the head of Cetera Financial Group is telling its 9,000 affiliated industry reps to sit tight.

“We have been exploring certain potential future options for our leadership structure as we enter the post-strategic transformation phase of development for our company. We expect to be able to provide clarity on this within a matter of days,” Larry Roth explained in a memo sent to advisors Monday, according to a copy of the memo obtained by ThinkAdvisor from an industry source.

“In the meantime, please be assured that changes to our leadership structure — if any — will be driven by the best interests of the advisors and institutions we support,

Who’s in Charge at Cetera?

August 29, 2016

By Janet Levaux, ThinkAdvisor

Rumors are rife that CEO Larry Roth may be replaced by Chairman Robert Moore

Is CEO Larry Roth still leading Cetera Financial Group’s parent firm and its 9,000 independent reps? Or is Chairman Robert Moore, a former executive with rival LPL Financial (LPLA), running the ship?  Stay tuned, sources say.

According to a Cetera spokesperson, “As a matter of policy, we do not publicly discuss speculation or rumors related to our organization.”

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The news of a possible change at the top was first reported by RIABiz on Friday.

The current owners include Fortress Investment Group,