The one time that trainer Shug McGaughey attempted to try Signator on the grass early in his career the race was moved to the main track. It wasn’t until a series of “spotty” dirt performances that he ...

Advisor Group’s Royal Alliance Associates will acquire Signator Investors from John Hancock, as private-equity capital aided in another retreat from the independent broker-dealer space by an insurance ...

Industry observers praised John Hancock’s sale of Signator, its dually registered broker/dealer and registered investment advisor, to Advisor Group, calling it an agreement that was both “timely and ...

Advisor Group will acquire Signator Investors, a dually registered broker-dealer and investment adviser with more than 1,800 advisers overseeing approximately $50 billion in assets. Advisor Group said ...

Advisor Group, a subsidiary of Lightyear Capital, has acquired Signator Financial from John Hancock and plans to merge it into its Royal Alliance unit. The transaction continues a trend of insurers ...

Few advisors are fully prepared for succession, and 81 percent believe the industry does not do a good job of helping representatives with planning, says a new survey. The survey was released by ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Advisor Group, one of the nation's largest networks of independent financial advisory firms, today announced its plans to acquire Signator Investors, ...

A hybrid practice with $900 million in client assets joined Triad Advisors, its third broker-dealer in the last two years after launching an affiliated RIA. Processing Content Partners Tim Kerrigan, ...

John Hancock’s brokerage firm Signator Investors bought Florida-based Transamerica Financial Advisors, including affiliations with the firm’s 1,100 independent reps, in a deal announced Tuesday. Terms ...