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 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 ...

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’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’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, 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, ...