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In April 2019, Cetera completed the purchase of select assets of Foresters Financial’s U.S. broker-dealer and investment advisory business, rebranding it and the 43 branches it comprises as Cetera Investors. [27] In June 2021, Cetera completed the acquisition of assets related to Voya Financial Advisors’ independent financial planning channel.
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Osaic, formerly known as Advisor Group, is an American wealth management firm. [1] The firm serves approximately 11,600 financial professionals managing more than $653 billion in assets. [ 2 ] While Osaic was initially a network of independent broker-dealers, in 2023, the company began the process to integrate all the firms under the Osaic ...
In the 1980s, Cowen expanded internationally, established an investment banking business, and set up offices in London, Geneva, Paris, and Tokyo. In the 1990s, the firm grew the investment banking business, beginning with five initial public offerings and follow-ons for approximately $200 million, growing to nearly 80 transactions and $5 ...
LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (commonly referred to as LPL Financial) was founded in 1989 and is considered the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States. As of 2021 the company had more than 17,500 financial advisors, [4] over US$1 trillion in advisory and brokerage assets, [5] and generated approximately $10.3 billion in annual revenue for the 2023 fiscal year. [6]
The NASD was founded on September 3, 1936 as Investment Bankers Conference, Inc. [9] and, on August 7, 1939, was registered under the name National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. [10] as a national securities association with the SEC under authority granted by the 1938 Maloney Act amendments to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, [11] which allowed it to supervise the conduct of its ...
Advisors who affiliate with the firm must earn a minimum of $200,000 in annual gross broker/dealer concessions . [2] Gross revenue per advisor in 2017 was the highest among independent broker/dealers, as reported by Financial Advisor in April 2017.
An IA must adhere to a fiduciary standard of care laid out in the US Investment Advisers Act of 1940.This standard requires IAs to act and serve a client's best interests with the intent to eliminate, or at least to expose, all potential conflicts of interest which might incline an investment adviser—consciously or unconsciously—to render advice which was not in the best interest of the IA ...