Tag: Broker/Dealers

Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG) named Veronica Lee, formerly of 401(k) Advisors, Senior Vice President of Client Service.  

Greg Fleming has been named president of Global Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley.

Scott Lamb will work with Loring Ward's broker/dealers and provide value-added solutions to help advisers better serve their clients. 

Charlie Vieth and Steve Zients of Act2 Retirement Consulting have affiliated with practice management firm Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG).

 Mariner Wealth Advisors has acquired the CBIZ Wealth Management team, formerly a part of CBIZ Inc., effective January 1.  

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has announced the acquisition of another adviser team. 

Bonnie Baker has joined Lincoln Financial Distributors as relationship manager for the Institutional Retirement Solutions Distribution (IRSD) consultant channel, focused on wirehouses.

The Morgia Group has joined HighTower, an open-source, adviser-owned cooperation of established practices specializing in high-net worth and institutional clients.   

There has reportedly been a settlement reached in a lawsuit alleging that the bank’s Merrill Lynch unit discriminated against women,

Kristen Whisnant has joined NFP Securities, Inc. as senior vice president, Advisory & Investment Services.

The Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG) updated its adviser-centric Web site, Knowledge Center, with improved navigation and document storage.

Merrill Lynch's “Affluent Insights Quarterly Survey” finds although affluent Americans are feeling more financially secure this year than last, 61% are expecting to retire later than originally planned.

A new J.D. Power and Associates study showed financial adviser sentiment towards their firms has stabilized in 2010, after a rocky few years.

Royal Alliance Associates, an independent broker/dealer, hired Kevin Beard as Senior Vice President of Recruiting. 

Tom Fickinger was appointed head of Financial Advisor Strategy, a newly created role, at Merrill Lynch.   

Genworth Financial Wealth Management (GFWM), a subsidiary of Genworth Financial, has hired Michael Kim as senior vice president of business and channel development.

A 25-piece kit from Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch is designed to help financial advisers deliver flexible retirement and benefit plan services to corporate clients.

Dick Darian has joined the iShares 401(k) team at BlackRock.

The “Model Manager Exchange” (MMX) currently features 150 portfolios from 35 financial professionals.   

The benefits, insurance, and wealth management service provider will now be known as NFP.