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Cetera has annointed Robert Moore [seen here in a 2014 photo] its post-scandal standard-bearer

Sources: Larry Roth is out at Cetera, supplanted by ex-LPL president, Robert Moore

A column co-written by Roth and Moore earlier this month hinted to some that Cetera's newly rechristened parent firm is still actively engaged in refurbishing its image

August 26, 2016 at 6:06 PM

Ryan Parker: I want to say in the clearest way possible that there's nothing driving me away from LPL

Edelman Financial gets its CEO from LPL but the chief executive's job description isn't exactly what the old one was

The $16-billion-AUM RIA's poach of Ryan Parker gives Ric Edelman the bandwidth to exert more of his people power

May 31, 2016 at 8:47 PM

Ryan Parker was brought over to LPL from Russell Investments and now heads its robo efforts.

LPL unveils BlackRock's FutureAdvisor as its robo partner -- albeit with LPL model portfolios

After Nestwise dropped off the twig, then crickets, then a secret pilot launch, LPL announces that robo FutureAdvisor gets the nod

April 13, 2016 at 6:15 PM

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd attorneys under David Walton come at LPL with intimidating resumes but hard-to-follow logic about why Mark Casady favored one investor over a wolf pack of others

The odd logic 'Enron' lawyers are relying on to sue LPL Financial for securities fraud -- logic that's attracted five potential copycat investigations in 10 days

Does it make sense that Mark Casady would want to puff up his company's shares prior to buying back $275 million worth of shares? A lawsuit wants to know.

March 30, 2016 at 6:24 PM

Bing Waldert: This is almost an existential crisis for variable annuities.

As variable annuities face 'existential crisis,' LPL's Casady is latest to warn of end to commission-sold VAs in retirement plans

DOL's imminent final rule is prompting LPL and Commonwealth to consider nixing traditional VAs in qualified retirement plans

March 2, 2016 at 7:05 PM

Chris Harris: I'm not sure why then you'd buy so much stock ahead of that trend, as opposed to waiting until after the fact and then you'd have all kinds of dry powder.

Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo analysts ask unobsequious questions as LPL shares fall below 2005 private equity levels and Mark Casady pleads the 'Spanish Inquisition' defense

LPL Financial's CFO Matthew Audette promises to put brakes on buybacks after decision to spend $250 million on them in December proves ill-conceived

February 12, 2016 at 10:05 PM

Bucking industry skepticism, Jon Stein is pitching his robo as a one-stop 401[k] shop for legacy firms.

The 10 biggest RIA moves of 2015 and what conclusions to draw from them

PE dollars, succession angst, women executives seeking same and, of course, the robo sweepstakes spurred these advisor-entrepreneurs to dare and to risk much

January 4, 2016 at 9:28 PM

Tom Gooley: We're setting up specialized queues for death, divorce and retirement.

LPL Financial undertakes painstaking overhaul of service spurred by capacity overwhelm and RIA demand for Schwab-style pods

In addition to aggressive hiring, training and creating 'queues,' Tom Gooley and Tim Hodge are tackling the big one -- service culture

November 24, 2015 at 5:51 PM

Matthew Audette: There's not a bunch of balance sheet capital that's necessary.

How hedge fund control and E*Trade's former CFO helped Mark Casady see that making LPL a blue chip was a fool's errand

Matthew Audette concedes that he came to LPL lured by its potential for higher leverage

November 2, 2015 at 10:00 PM

Mark Casady: That is an extreme. I don't see that happening, but that is kind of the range of the thinking.

LPL CEO floats orphaning 3% of its brokerage business in prelude to DOL 'travesty'

Mark Casady says he may lop off brokerage accounts of $15,000, citing looming rule changes

October 30, 2015 at 6:28 PM

John Scully was on the Advent Software board and his firm, SPO, now controls 9.2% of LPL's outstanding shares.

After stealthily buying up LPL stock, a 'wolf pack' of activist hedge funds has a leg hold

San Francisco-based SPO, FPR and Marcato are forbidden to coordinate their efforts per SEC rules but seem to be looking in the same direction

October 28, 2015 at 5:43 PM

Greg Verfaillie: In the conversations I've been having with advisors, it's clear this decision is not going to be made on product or platform; it's about the relationship.

Curian Capital predators position to pounce -- but a few copiously keep their distance to avoid quills

As smaller TAMPs play the finesse game, SEI, AssetMark and Envestnet, with combined $100 billion-plus AUM, see a path to play up their size and scale after the smaller TAMP falters

August 17, 2015 at 4:51 PM

Tech boss Victor Fetter claimed LPL had effected 1,500 improvements in its technology this year, many regarding its tee-up of ClientWorks.

LPL Financial tosses its sales pitch to 7,000 in its HQ city of Boston

The only constant for LPL is Mark Casady and change as the broker-dealer slogs to the far shore from the 'messy middle'

July 30, 2015 at 9:49 PM

Raymond 'Rocky' Daigle: I am able to read 401(k) plan documents and talk to a plan administrator and know what I mean.

A $350-million-AUM team of ex-lawyers-turned-advisors lands at Commonwealth after stops at Edward Jones and LPL

Best pals since middle school and partners since 2001, the advisors use their mad depostition skills to hone in on client needs and their tenacity to make sure of follow-through

July 28, 2015 at 8:01 PM

Dan Arnold: We want to hit this head on and deliver a complementary robo-solution.

LPL will launch third-party robo for advisors and eliminate some fees

Dan Arnold laid it on the line: LPL is being disrupted but taking the challenges head-on

July 27, 2015 at 5:28 PM

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