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Ameriprise Close To A Deal With Securities America Clients?

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By the time you read this, there's a good chance Ameriprise lawyers have settled with aggrieved ex-clients of Securities America. But the drama won't stop there.

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Ameriprise Thaws A Tiny Bit On "Progress" In Securities America Negotiations

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After an extremely quiet week in which Ameriprise kept its communications on troubled affiliate Securities America mostly internal, the company has issued an unusually terse statement.

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Ameriprise Moves To Console Shareholders...But The Stock Has Weathered The Securities America Situation Quite Well

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Strange detail in the unfolding Securities America saga: parent Ameriprise moved relatively decisively to comfort shareholders while advisors are (at least publicly) in limbo.

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United Capital Swallows $170 AUM Planning Firm Vantage Point To Beef Up Its Philadelphia Presence

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Acquisition-hungry Newport Beach wealth manager United Capital is at it again, this time buying a Philadelphia financial planning shop and its $170 million in AUM.

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Independent Broker-Dealers Plead For Lower SIPC Fees

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Representatives of the National Association of Independent Broker-Dealers (NAIBD) are actively lobbying with the SIPC to lower their fees back to pre-Madoff levels.

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