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23:10 02 June in In the News

June 1, 2016

Dan Jamieson’s article explores the impact of the DOL’s final fiduciary rule, noting, “…it may not be the death knell of small broker-dealers, but no one in the industry thinks it will help the little guys (defined by Finra as those with fewer than 150 reps), who are already struggling from regulatory and cost pressures.

Recruiters say some of their prospects are leaning toward bigger firms, which are seen as better able to cope with the new regulation. “A lot of reps now definitely want a $100 million [in revenues] or larger B-D,” says recruiter Jon Henschen, of Henschen & Associates.

Read the full article on Financial Advisor.

Appointment of former LPL exec Robert Moore to Cetera’s board could help embattled B-D restore its brand

18:54 21 May in In the News

May 20, 2016

By Bruce Kelly, Investment News

People inside and outside the company say word of the new chairman has already given a lift to morale of advisers

The pending appointment of Robert Moore, an experienced broker-dealer executive, to serve as chairman of Cetera Financial Group, could help the embattled B-D restore its brand and has already given a lift to the morale of its advisers, according to people both inside and outside the company.

A source familiar with Cetera’s plans told InvestmentNews this week that Mr. Moore, the former president of the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer, LPL Financial, would be named non-executive chairman in the coming weeks as the board is revamped.

Cetera moved one step closer to implementing those plans Thursday after its parent company,

LPL To End Direct Fund Business

17:06 02 May in In the News

April 29, 2016

Dan Jamison discusses LPL Financial’s plan to create a mutual-fund-only brokerage account and curtail its directly placed fund business.

“Recruiter Jon Henschen wonders if the new account will charge for systematic withdrawals and investments, or hit clients with inactivity fees—small charges that he says “torment” reps.”

Read the full article on Financial Advisor.