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Three advisors in Atlanta break away with $1.8 billion and make seven-year Fidelity relationship manager their CEO -- whose duties now include managing a lawsuit from former IBD

ACG Wealth replaced Triad with their own broker-dealer and allegedly depended on a verbal assurance that may be tested in court

Author Janice Kirkel July 27, 2017 at 11:41 PM
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Greg Fink: We went through a process at Fidelity to make sure Triad and parent owner [Ladenburg Thalmann] was OK with us breaking away.

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March 8, 2023 at 3:28 AM

Fidelity will hire 4,000 staff in first half -- a staggering number but a tapering off from 'unprecedented' rate in 2021-2022 that catapulted it to 68,000 employees

The $10.3 trillion giant explains its hiring -- in a layoff environment -- as an RIA-like goal, namely having the human bandwidth to develop 'lifetime' relationships with its 40 million investors

February 17, 2023 at 2:49 AM

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July 28, 2017 — 5:44 PM
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