Independent advisor support veteran Derek Bruton gets new responsibilities. LPL Financial has put Derek Bruton in charge of business development for its Independent Advisor Services (IAS) business group, a responsibility he holds in addition to his position as head of the IAS team that caters to LPL-affiliated broker-dealers.

Bruton's "transition to this role presents a great opportunity for our advisors, who will further benefit from the strength of our independent model, as [he] will be able to create more value for all our independent advisors, regardless of their broker/dealer platform," says," says IAS president Bill Dwyer. "[He] brings a wealth of sales management experience to his new role."

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A 17-year veteran of the financial-service industry, Bruton joined LPL from TD Ameritrade's institutional division in 2007. He joined TD Ameritrade -- actually its predecessor TD Waterhouse -- in 2005 from Merrill Lynch, where he was in charge of the brokerage's RIA-custody and trading group. Before that he was with Schwab