Derek Bruton

• LPL Financial to integrate broker/dealers, break from Pershing platform

  By Staff Writer  |  July 16, 2009

  LPL Financial Corporation announced Wednesday it will fully integrate advisors from three of its affiliated broker/dealers - Associated Securities Corp., Mutual Service Corporation, and Waterstone...

• Advisor Advocate: LPL Financial's Bruton

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  June 1, 2009

  With advisor interest in the independent model at a historic high, Derek Bruton's appointment as national sales manager for the nation's largest independent broker-dealer network...

• Changes

  By Staff Writer  |  May 1, 2009

  ? Derek Bruton has been named national sales manager for LPL Financial Independent Advisor Services while still retaining his position as CEO for the LPL...

• LPL Financial Makes Push for 'ClientsFirst'

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2009

  LPL Financial, the independent broker-dealer serving some 11,890 independent advisors, has launched a program called ClientsFirst to help FAs attract, convert and retain new clients....

• Changes

  By Staff Writer  |  November 1, 2007

  Securities and Exchange Commissioner Annette Nazareth announced October 2 her intention to leave the Commission to return to the private sector. With Nazareth's departure, the...

• An Invitation From Merrill

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 1, 2004

  For many independent financial planners and investment advisors, Merrill Lynch is the stereotypical wirehouse that exemplifies what's wrong with the financial services business. Like most...