Lightyear Capital LLC

• Cetera, Former ING Advisor Group, Hires Second Schwab Executive

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2010

  Cetera Financial Group, formerly ING Advisors Network, said Monday it had hired Mark Palmer as the firm's national sales manager.

• Former ING Advisor Group Hires Second Schwab Exec

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2010

  Cetera Financial Group, formerly ING Advisors Network, said it has hired Mark Palmer as the firm's national sales manager after tapping Barnaby Grist in February.

• Lightyear Buys ING B/Ds

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2010

  Private equity firm Lightyear Capital LLC announced February 1 that it had completed its acquisition of the three independent broker/dealers that formerly constituted the ING...

• Lightyear Capital Completes Acquisition of Three ING Broker/Dealers

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2010

  Private equity firm renames FNIC, Multi-Financial, and PrimeVest as Cetera Financial

• ING Sells Three B/Ds

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2009

  On November 3, ING said it had agreed to sell three of its U.S. broker/dealers that comprise the ING Advisors Network to Lightyear Capital LLC,...

• ING to Sell Three B/Ds

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  November 6, 2009

  Some 5,700 advisors with yearly fees and commissions of $650 million go to Lightyear Capital.