Securities America

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  Baird Nabs Morgan Stanley, UBS Advisors; Securities America Expands Recruiting Group

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2013

  The new Baird teams come on board with some $800 million in client assets under management in Minnesota and Tennessee.

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  Securities America Recruited Production Jumps More Than 300% in ’12

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 27, 2013

  This includes the recent addition of two groups with a total of roughly 160 financial advisors.

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  Securities America Adds Group With 130 Reps, $1 Billion in Assets

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 11, 2012

  Investors Security of Suffolk, Va., joins the Nebraska-based firm, which added an Alabama team last month.

• Recruiting Activity Gathering Steam As FAs Embrace Wide Range of Options

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2012

  Many brokers continued to move between the wirehouses in the late summer and early fall.

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  RIA Affiliate of LPL Adds 45 Advisors in Q2

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 31, 2012

  Independent Financial Partners now has close to 500 advisors, including new independent reps from Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and other firms.

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  Securities America Has ‘Never Been Stronger’

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  June 12, 2012

  At Securities America's national conference in Denver, Jim Nagengast, CEO and president, was optimistic about the firm's future and partnership with Ladenburg Thalmann, which acquired the broker-dealer in the fall.

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  Richard Lampen: The 2012 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 10, 2012

  A person could be forgiven for not immediately connecting Ladenburg Thalmann to the independent space; the firm’s sea change in strategy occurred only a few years ago, after all.

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  Securities America Settlement May Speed Up Its Sale

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 10, 2011

  A judge gives final approval of an $80 million class-action settlement; other suits could still emerge, experts say

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  Mastering Social Media

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  July 26, 2011

  In a sign of the times, 600 advisors at an Investment Management Consultants Association conference recently crammed into a training session called “Get Linked In, Not Left Out: Compliance Friendly Ways to Harness Social Media’s Power in Your Practice.” That’s no typo: 600.

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  Judge Rejects Securities America Class Action Settlement in Big Blow to BD

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 20, 2011

  Provident, Medical Capital ruling has wider implications for broker-dealer industry.