Welcome to the news highlights of this week.
What’s going on: Advisor Group inks a remarkable deal, National Securities faces a $9M fine, Nomura and Instinet unwrap a state-of-the-art platform, Octopus Ventures secures £10M to diversify the top cohort of European founders, Verimatrix will safeguard LATAM Fintech albo, Vivatech brings up politics to European tech, and new trends hit financial advice. Tune in!
Advisor Group has joined the growing M&A rush upon buying American Portfolios Financial Services in a record for this year M&A transaction.
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National Securities has received a $9 million penalty from Finra for allegedly conducting unlawful aftermarket activities.
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Nomura and Instinet have kicked off a private investment platform to match institutional investors and private capital seekers.
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