Regional Brokerages

An arbitration panel's recent decision to deny Wells Fargo Advisors LLC's $30 million raiding claim against crosstown rival Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc. is just the tip of the iceberg in a six-year battle over advisers.

Brokers have been battling over recruiting for six years; Stifel CEO sees vendetta.

Denial-of-service attack did not impact customer accounts or data, firm says.

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Fees for securities licensing exams will increase as of June 1, the North American Securities Administrators Association Inc. announced today. Broker and investment adviser candidates who take the Series 63 exam will be charged $115, up from $96 currently. The Series 65 fee will be $155, up from

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Raymond James Financial Inc. has cut 115 jobs from its home office staff in St. Petersburg, Fla., and another 45 nationally in an “unprecedented” round of layoffs in the wake of its acquisition last year of Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. The two firms finished the consolidation in February, leading to

Sometime over the summer, broker-dealers and investment advisers will have an easier time setting up branch offices in Florida, thanks to legislation that appears likely to be enacted.A bill that would replace the current registration process with one that grants instant approval once an

Get ready for a new level of transparency. Brightscope is gathering fee info from ADV forms and plans to begin publishing it later this year. Dan Jamieson has the details.

Firm recruits seven advisers from Wells Fargo with $770 million in client assets.