Articles tagged "LPL Financial"
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Rich Steinmeier turns big page on Dan Arnold era at LPL with 'pivot' promise to stop managerial dictating -- not long after LPL removed RIA hurdles to custody at Fidelity, Schwab and other rivals
LPL shares shoot skyward after the new CEO hints at revamped culture, spikes Wall Street meeting with jocularity and delivers the earnings goods.
November 1, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Dan Arnold is gone as LPL CEO, but his leverage to negotiate a settlement is apparent as LPL tells SEC it is deferring exercise of 'automatic forfeiture' of some vested options
Analysts stunned, seeking further clarity from LPL on future leadership, are reassured by company that 'no further shoe will drop'
October 3, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Dan Arnold steps down as LPL CEO, under a cloud, effective immediately; Steinmeier steps in as interim CEO
Well-regarded, Steinmeier has been LPL's go to player, after he was promoted to chief growth officer in May
October 1, 2024 at 8:42 PM
LPL Financial had a very rough week, despite BoA analyst intervention, as investors dumped shares with abandon and lawsuits piled up
'Cash' lawsuits are piling up, and even Ameriprise singled it out for alleged bad faith, while the stock fell 7.77%, just on Friday.
August 3, 2024 at 1:13 AM
LPL CEO calls out big RIAs that flunk 'core principles' and cuts ties with Merit Financial, which revealed fresh disclosures in it's June ADV regarding Fidelity as custodian
Dan Arnold derided the idea of 'captive' advisors; analysts still call the break-up a 'headscratcher'
August 2, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Envestnet's shares soar on Reuters report about 'receiving interest' for takeover, the latest in a line of reported attempts
The Berwyn, Pa., firm, dogged by activist investors and minority shareholder, BlackRock, is getting more active.
April 16, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Christa Carone, an ex-Fidelity and Xerox marketing whiz, steps onto a slippery slope at LPL with a daunting task -- to consolidate a NASCAR size brand portfolio... or not?
With no CMO since August, the chief marketing officer will play catch up for a company still hungry to buy more branded B2B and B2C players.
April 2, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Dan Arnold is using force and finesse to make LPL a deal machine -- giving Atria and its brokers incentives to come aboard and Fidelity and Pershing a reason to play ball
The soon-to-be 24,000-advisor Fort Mill broker-dealer will keep existing custodians (for now), pay big retention bonuses and a generous deal kicker to Atria if it all transfers well
February 24, 2024 at 3:35 AM
LPL Financial bristles about proposed DOL rule, but roaring recruiting, including of 401(k) advisors, bodes well for 2024, according to top LPL executives
The Fort Mill, S.C., broker-dealer -- and recordkeeper -- is making strong pitch to 401(k) advisors with retirement plan expertise and rollover 'tool kit' of services.
February 3, 2024 at 3:07 AM
LPL goes straight at wirehouse crown jewels -- corner-office brokers -- by re-platooning orphaned First Republic insider and making a high payout book portable and saleable
Existing 'Linsco' full-service model needed a shot of 'nuance,' but Anna Howard is seeking to be an outright 'disruptor'
November 21, 2023 at 2:36 AM
LPL makes 'Sixth Sigma black belt' ex-wirehouse counsel its chief legal officer, right after purchasing another full service broker. LPL says there is 'no connection,' and she was poached from Google
The Fort Mill S.C. broker dealer added Crown Capital Securities' captive brokers in Orange County, and is hiring Althea Brown, fresh off 11 years at Google
July 28, 2023 at 3:11 AM
Rich Steinmeier power poaches Jeremy Holly, who returns to LPL as EVP to head Dan Arnold-directed 'liquidity' project to buy -- but not hold -- LPL firms
Holly had bolted LPL for SageView with fanfare but he retained a fanbase back in San Diego which dreamed up a dream job for him
July 7, 2023 at 9:36 PM
A $3 billion TD Ameritrade RIA pulls assets out of Schwab --after it cut services for TDA RIAs, and got sticker shock -- ahead of merger date
Anthony "Tony" J. Mazzali, CEO of CG Advisory Services, is shifting the bulk of its assets to LPL Financial to curb the assymetric power in his custody relationship with Schwab.
May 2, 2023 at 3:26 AM
Another RIA whisperer, Julian Lopez, has left Schwab Advisor Services after 24 years to join LPL, which he sees as more advisor-focused and 'entrepreneurial'
The Houston executive, like Kelly Smith in Chicago, was considered a key service talent for RIAs though Lopez says his circumstances differ.
February 23, 2023 at 8:14 AM
LPL Financial prepares to enter the 'OSJ' channel -- this time as an owner, headed by a former executive whose staff advises $40-billion
The Fort Mill, S.C.-based IBD may thread the needle with the OSJ purchase, though it will compete with other OSJs it serves
