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 ...

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’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 ...

Advisor Group’s second acquisition of the year carries the potential to make it bigger than any other independent broker-dealer network, while pushing its largest subsidiary into the top 10 firms in ...

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 ...

The implementation of the DOL rule is likely to accelerate Signator Investors’ fee revenue from the current level of 60% to 90% by 2018, according to Brian Heapps, CEO and president of the ...

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 ...

Financial advisors Thomas R. Hokr and Chris Sherwin have joined the Minneapolis-based registered investment advisory (RIA) Martin Financial Services. Hokr, president of Thomas R. Hokr & Associates, ...