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Registered Rep. July 21, 2006 Kristen French |
Advisors Not Filling High-Net-Worth Retirement Needs, Survey Says Although few high-net-worth investors are prepared for the kind of retirement they expect, advisors continue to focus on wealth accumulation at the expense of long-term financial planning. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 Kevin McKinley |
Fee-ling Good Tips for financial advisors on establishing and maintaining fee-based relationships the right way. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
Client Loyalty The most common reason affluent investors leave their financial advisors is because their advisor does not answer their calls, according to a new report. |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 David A. Geracioti |
You Say, They Say In an industry survey that covered a range of issues, from estate planning to choice of investment products, the responses by wealthy clients and advisors showed a striking disconnect about the needs of high-net-worth individuals. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen |
Is Wall Street Abandoning Main Street? Are the major brokerage firms losing interest in the everyday investor who has been the very foundation of many of its successes? |
On Wall Street November 1, 2011 Elizabeth Wine |
The Unfaithful Client Cheating on a financial advisor is a known, but frowned-upon client practice. But new research says that it has been gaining traction among high-net-worth households since the market turmoil began in 2008, with many clients bolstering their stable of advisors. |
Registered Rep. May 25, 2005 John Churchill |
Millions to Choose From Advisors gunning for millionaire clients now have more prospects to choose from -- and a blueprint for what they're looking for -- according to a new survey which says that 1.3 million new American households became millionaires in 2004. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Howard J. Stock |
Back Office Move Has Advisors Up In Arms -- Some Bolt Questions surround what will happen to BAI clients when Merrill moves their accounts from National Financial to Merrill Lynch. |
Registered Rep. February 27, 2003 Will Leitch |
Wealthy Clients Growing Disenchanted with Advisors A just-released report from the Spectrem Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm specializing in the affluent market, says only 59 percent of high net-worth clients are pleased with their advisors' performance. That's down from a 79 percent satisfaction rate just two years ago. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Will Leitch |
The Advisor as Traffic Cop As high-net-worth investors spread their assets around more liberally, they are finding themselves in need of a traffic cop -- a central advisor who can sit in the middle of all the financial activity and make sense of it all. |
Investment Advisor March 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Return of the Broker? Full-service brokers are regaining favor among affluent investors, according to recent study. However, it looks like they still have a way to go keep clients satisfied. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Kristen French |
The Wealth Management Quest Are you really a wealth manager? Do you know what the phrase really means? It pays to know, because a new compensation report shows only 8% of advisors -- across all business channels -- actually fit the bill. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 William Glasgall |
Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change. |
Registered Rep. September 30, 2014 David Armstrong |
Editor's Letter: October 2014 The wealth inequality gap is not between rich and poor, it's between the high-net-worth households and everyone else, including the middle class, who have not seen a significant increase in their middling net worth in over a decade. |
Financial Advisor January 2005 Tracey Longo |
How Fee-Based Programs Led 2004 Brokerage Profits Fee-based profitability is not lost on brokerage executives, who are ramping up programs designed to attract more planners to a fee-based business model and away from traditional commissions. |
Financial Advisor July 2006 Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Climbing A Stairway To Heaven As boomers age and spend their savings, financial advisors will need to adapt their practices. |
Registered Rep. April 18, 2012 Diana Britton |
Tiburon's Roame: Less of a Breakaway Trend, More of a `Broken-Away' Trend Whether you agree with him or not, Chip Roame, managing principal of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, is not afraid to tell you exactly how he sees it when it comes to the financial services industry. |
Registered Rep. March 2, 2010 |
Check Out RegisteredRep.com's Newly Revamped Advisor Forums Want to "socialize" with other financial advisors? Discuss how to sell your book? Have a question about marketing yourself to high-net-worth investors? These and many more topics are being discussed right now on RegisteredRep.com's Advisor Forums. |
Financial Advisor November 2005 David J. Drucker |
Chasing The Wrong Clients? Some think that financial advisors are after the wrong group of wealthy clients. |
Financial Advisor May 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
Betwixt And Between Hybrid advisors work in both the fee-based and commission worlds. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2007 |
The Great Reckoning Whatever the specific business impact the Merrill Lynch ruling may have, many see the return to pre-1999 rules as a chance for the brokerage industry, which has long avoided fiduciary duty for business and regulatory reasons, to overcome those obstacles and embrace it. |
Financial Advisor November 2006 Tracey Longo |
Is The Price Right? When it comes to pricing, many financial advisors are nowhere near as efficient and profitable as they could be. |
Registered Rep. July 10, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
Survey Says: To Get More Assets, Do Well for Current Clients When it comes to investing, the bottom line for your financial advisory clients is, well, the bottom line. Sounds obvious, right? Still, you might be surprised at how important satisfying client demands is to your business. |
Registered Rep. April 15, 2009 Kristen French |
Bank of America Launches Client Referral Program It's one of several referral programs the bank is putting together as part of its integration with Merrill Lynch, including one that would offer leads from the commercial banking division to certain Merrill Lynch advisors. |
Financial Advisor January 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
RIAs Enjoy A Fertile Market Registered investment advisors have an opportunity as more households continue to enter the realm of the "affluent" and seek advice, but they'd better get the operational side of their practices in order. |
Financial Advisor April 2006 Grove & Prince |
More Secrets Of The Elite 1200 In this third part in a series examining the characteristics of financial advisors who earned a minimum of $1 million per year in each of the past three years, these advisors show how using a basic process helps to capture additional assets from clients. |
Investment Advisor January 2008 Bob Clark |
Part of the Solution For financial advisors, a fund you run yourself (with help) can solve some thorny issues. |
Registered Rep. May 13, 2009 Christina Mucciolo |
Wall Street Squeezes Small Brokers, Many Go Independent In this brutal market, many advisors are taking payout cuts or being let go. But many of these advisors are finding homes at independent and regional b/ds and RIA firms. |
Financial Advisor December 2006 Evan Simonoff |
Challenging Conventional Wisdom The independent advisory market is changing, perhaps in some surprising ways. |
Investment Advisor September 2007 Kathleen M. McBride |
A Trend Confirmed? Advisory fees overtake commission revenue at Commonwealth. So what does this mean for the independent broker/dealer industry? Will other firms soon reach the point at which fee revenue dominates? |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 David Gaffen |
The Broker and Brand X Syndrome The commoditization of the brokerage industry might be easier for individual reps to deal with, were they not under such intense pressure in virtually every other aspect of their professional lives. |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Sydney LeBlanc |
More Options, More Business Independent advisors recently got the opportunity of a lifetime -- the marriage made between fee-based advisory accounts and fiduciary accountability finally made headlines in the SEC repeal of Rule 202. |
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Kristen French |
The Way We'll Be While it's clear how the financial services industry got here, it's not so easy to predict where we're going. Here's a look at three major forces that will likely shape the industry over the next five to 20 years: The Age of Retirement... The Margin Squeeze... RIA Revolution... |
Investment Advisor June 2008 Philip Palaveev |
The New Model: The Fee-Only Broker/Dealer Independent broker/dealers must tackle head-on the causes of their frustration if they wish to survive. |
Registered Rep. June 4, 2013 Diana Britton |
Fading Bull Our annual compensation survey shows advisors are riding the market rally -- so what happens when it ends? |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Bernie Clark |
The Changing Affluent Investor Advisors must prepare for new affluent clients and the changes, attitudes and expectations they will bring with them. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen |
Sharp Words for the NASD From Raymond James' Averitt The CEO directed biting criticism towards NASD regulators currently investigating fee-based advisory practices. Advisors also pointed out that the asset allocation and investing processes are being left out of the equation. |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Grove & Prince |
The Secrets Of Million-Dollar Producers Here is how the role client loyalty plays in both the sustainability of the client/advisor relationship through difficult market conditions and poor performance and the client's willingness to provide more assets and referrals to the advisor. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Maya Ivanova |
War Room How the most successful advisory firms are mitigating risk on two fronts: for their clients, and for their own businesses. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 John Churchill |
Wealth + Apathy = Opportunity The good news for high-net-worth hunters: A large subset of affluent clients --- self-directed investors --- tend to be nonplussed by their current advisory relationship. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
Get Fees? Young, high-net-worth investors care about the amount they are paying in fees and are only willing to cough up high costs in management fees if they are getting above-average performance in return. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin |
Advisor Pulse The happiest financial advisors really do put their clients first, asserts the first study of advisor satisfaction. |
Registered Rep. March 16, 2012 Kristen French |
Wire Houses Minting Fiduciary Advisors -- Or Are They? None of the firms will go on record as to whom specifically in the rank and file is adopting the standard, nor will they provide much detail on what that training looks like. |
Financial Advisor May 2004 Raymond Fazzi |
Niche Players Provide More Choices For Advisors Many are trying hard to differentiate themselves---and are succeeding. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Mitchell & Menchaca |
Parity With Brokers For the first time ever, the number of mass-affluent investors who are taking advice from independent financial planners is the same as those who work with full-service brokers. |
Registered Rep. October 26, 2010 Jerry Gleeson |
Net Assets Rise at LPL, TD Ameritrade Trading revenue (excluding asset-based fees and advisory assets), however, was less impressive, with LPL posting modest gains and TDA seeing big declines. (Not surprising, given the overall market conditions.) |
Registered Rep. November 9, 2009 Kristen French |
BofA Pressures Merrill FAs To Sell Bank Products Some of Merrill Lynch's 15,000 financial advisors are feeling pressure to sell parent company Bank of America's checking and savings account products -- and they're not happy about it. |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen |
Clean Machines Not all of these Top 50 Advisors have spotless records, but their ability to build such huge practices speaks to how astute they are in avoiding the sorts of complaints that can bring an advisory to its knees. |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Tom Lydon |
Ten Myths Busted At Tiburon Summit Discussions at the Tenth Tiburon Strategic Advisors CEO Summit helped dismantle myths about investments, boomers and more. |