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Summary: Penalties for breaking securities laws would increase almost tenfold under bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate on Thursday. The bill would allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to levy fines of up to $1 million per offense by individuals and $10 million for each violation by firms for the most serious offenses, which would include fraud, deceit, manipulation and deliberate disregard for regulations.
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Summary: Integrating a swashbuckling, entrepreneurial wealth management firm into a staid, buttoned-down private banking culture isn't easy: just ask Boston Private Bank & Trust.
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Summary: If you ask five registered investment advisor firms what’s the secret to their success, you might get five—or six, seven or maybe more—different answers. That’s because the possible paths to success in the RIA space are varied, and success seemingly has been the order of the day according to Financial Advisor’s 2015 RIA survey.
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Summary: The combination of two firms, regardless of their respective sizes at the time of partnership, is a critical action in your firm’s life cycle. And to forge a successful union, you must consider many variables.
Added on July 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Technology-related expenses are one of the largest controllable operational expenses for every RIA, second only to staffing, so there are bottom line benefits to consolidating and getting the integration right.