Mark Casady

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  New Hire Roundup: Mitchell Goes to Leuthold; Hoffman Joins Franklin Square

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2012

  This week in new hires, the Leuthold Group named Ben Mitchell managing director; Robert Hoffman joined Franklin Square; Hilary Fiorella was welcomed at Fiserv and Keith Johnson joined Curian Capital.

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  Q4 Earnings: LPL Boosts Results, but Misses Estimates

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  February 7, 2012

  The independent broker-dealer ends the year with nearly 12,850 advisors, a jump over 3% from the year-ago period, and strong growth in its RIA custodial assets.

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  LPL Hikes Fees $1,000 per Advisor, Asserts BD’s Value Proposition

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 15, 2011

  LPL's chairman and CEO Mark Casady touted the firm’s ability to raise its advisors' fees, attributing that pricing power to 'the great relationship with our advisors.'

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  5 Best & Worst Broker-Dealers: Q3 Earnings

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  November 16, 2011

  Brokerage firms in the third quarter boosted earnings growth as high as nearly 2,200% and reported declines as low as 120% — AdvisorOne selected a lucky 10 to spotlight.

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  LPL Increases Profits, Revenue in Q3; 782 Net New Reps in 2011

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  October 27, 2011

  Parent company of largest independent broker-dealer adds $3 billion in net new advisory assets in third quarter; nearly doubles assets in RIA custody unit, to $20 billion

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  Top 4 Dodd-Frank Concerns as Law Enters Second Year

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 21, 2011

  For advisors, four issues will take the spotlight as the Dodd-Frank reform bill enters its second year—fiduciary duty, an SRO for advisors, harmonization, and adequate funding for the SEC.

• Fiduciary D-Day Arrives

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 1, 2011

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  FINRA Annual: LPL's Casady, BofA's Krawcheck Urge Caution on Single Fiduciary Standard

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2011

  While broker-dealer executives agreed at FINRA's annual meeting in Washington on Monday that the time has come for a single fiduciary standard for brokers and advisors, they argued that the industry should work with regulators to ensure a hasty decision isn’t made on how to implement such a standard.

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  MMI Conference: LPL’s Casady on Importance of Technology to Advisor Success

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 12, 2011

  After congratulating the SMA industry on reaching the milestone of attracting $2 trillion in assets, Casady spoke on the topics of cost, product choice and practice efficiency and noted the importance of technology in addressing each.

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  LPL's Casady, Moore Relay Strategy on Recruiting, Revenue, RIA Custody Growth

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2011

  During LPL Financial’s first Q4 earnings conference call for analysts on Tuesday, CEO Mark Casady reiterated the company’s plans to add an average of 400 new representatives a year to its advisor ranks, which at year-end totaled 12,444.