Edward Jones joins the crowd to sell more alternative investments
Kevin Gannon, CEO, Robert A. Stanger & Co. “There’s a big pull to alternative investments right now because of volatility of the stock market,” Kevin Gannon, CEO of Robert A. Stanger & Co., said. Add Edward Jones, the closely held private partnership with more than 20,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets, to the roll call of firms expanding or revamping its list of higher-risk alternative investments for its financial advisors to sell. “Firms are doing this,” said Kevin Gannon, chair and CEO of Robert A. Stanger &...