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Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	What About Your Retirement? Brokers often take a shortsighted view of their careers, and this usually turns an effort to convince them to think about their own retirements into an uphill battle.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2004 Mindy Diamond	Packing the Parachute Success in the brokerage industry can be as much about mindset as anything else, so it comes as little surprise that advisors avoid negative thoughts, such as the potential necessity of a quick exit from their practice.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	A Clean Escape, With an Accomplice Brokers tempted to leap at a lucrative job at another firm are often held back by inertia, but in increasing numbers they are finding the powerful force they need to get moving: hungry branch managers.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	Don't Be Afraid to Go for It Openness to switching firms is essential if a broker wants to take advantage of an industry that can, and will, provide brokers with opportunities to capitalize on a lifetime of hard work.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Will Leitch	Amex Advisors Seek Youthful Associates American Express Financial Advisors, through its 7,000 independent brokers across the country, is going on the recruiting warpath.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	Should I Stay or Should I Go? The process of deciding to change firms often hinges on concrete comparisons. But other less tangible factors come into play, too. Here are four questions that get to the heart of both types of criteria. Any rep considering changing firms should answer these before taking any major action.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	Customize Your Career As a result of broker dissatisfaction with the status quo, the increasing clout of top producers (at some firms) and the need for firms to keep successful reps happy, we're beginning to see quite a bit more flexibility.
On Wall Street February 1, 2010 Carri Degenhardt-Burke	Guide to Increasing Your Business For one thing, advisors need a dynamic branch manager to help them grow their business in tough times.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006	Legends Historically, many reps aspired to management -- some to move up the ladder and climb into the executive suite. Here are four short profiles of some veteran professionals who have successfully helped their associates with their careers.
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Ray Sclafani	Get Some Support An increasing number of B-Ds are recognizing the importance of coaching and training for advisors -- especially their top producers.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 Mindy Diamond	On the Rebound Big firms are sending low-producing brokers messages that they are no longer as wanted as they once were. Brokers who see the handwriting on the wall, may have better options if they jump to another firm before being pushed.
Investment Advisor May 2006 Murphy & Green	Breaking Away As the number of breakaway brokers continues to rise, broker/dealers and custodians have implemented programs designed to make the broker's transition to independence as seamless as possible.
Financial Advisor August 2006 Tracey Longo	Late Summer Recruiting While the recruiting party will get tougher some day for broker-dealers who cater to independent advisors and reps, for now they are enjoying their competitive advantage: They give brokers and advisors who want to own their own business the chance to do that.
On Wall Street February 1, 2011 Carri Degenhardt-Burke	The Year Of The Wirehouse If you are serious about growing your business, get to a wirehouse! And if you just left, go back. It's been a long-standing notion that financial advisors perform better within the wirehouse system.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 Mindy Diamond	The Branch Manager Switch In today's turbulent markets, many financial advisors may want to give up a book of business and graduate to management, but that position also isn't as risk-free as they may think.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Andre Cappon	Okay, Team, Listen Up! Whether some reps like to acknowledge it, the branch office manager is vital to the success of a given branch.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	Look Homeward When financial advisors decide to embark on a job search, they often overlook one very important firm to evaluate: their current one.
Investment Advisor August 2005 Mark Tibergien	Formulas for Success: Independence Day There is a growing trend toward registered reps moving out of the wirehouse environment -- a trend invisible to most, but obvious to the country's leading custodians: they are actively wooing breakaway brokers.
Investment Advisor August 2008	Do You Believe Your Own Rhetoric? Many breakaway brokers spend more time designing a logo and picking out office furniture than they do planning their exit strategy.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Steve Watkins	Money in the Bank Bank-owned brokerage companies have awakened to the changes they need to make to attract top-shelf talent, and brokers are taking notice.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Anne Field	A Coach's-Eye View For a financial advisor, hiring a coach is not an easy decision. It means opening up to an outsider and questioning basic assumptions. And coaching does not come cheap.
Registered Rep. April 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Compensation Key To Breakaway Recruiting Pitch RIA principals and consultants discuss strategies for wooing and hiring advisors from various different kinds of firms.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Mindy Diamond	Creative Giving Over the past year, top brokers who have switched houses on the Street have gotten some very creative compensation packages. The better the broker the more bells and whistles -- like loans and designer offices -- they are offered.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Sam Jaffe	Coaching in a Storm We spoke to dozens of the best branch office managers, from managers of tiny regional shops to lords of sprawling city offices. Their secret to success doesn't sound all that tough: work hard and pay attention to details.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kristen French	Morgan Stanley: Tomorrow Is Another Day In this survey, the management upheaval and culling of broker ranks shows in the grades Morgan brokers give their firm.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Your Book or Your Life! What would you do if you lost your book? Where would you turn for new customers? Where could you be hired? Those are questions that keep many advisors up at night.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	What Size Pond? It is important for advisors to find a firm that is a good fit for their particular goals. In many cases, small firms work well. For advisors looking to expand their books aggressively, larger firms are often -- but not always -- a good option.
Investment Advisor February 2010 James J. Green	Raising Your Game Ray Sclafani's coaches help advisors provide advice and guidance.
Investment Advisor December 2005 Melanie Waddell	Breaking Away Brokers are finding it easier than ever to go independent, aided by custodians and other independent advisors.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Raymond Fazzi	Disclose, Baby, Disclose Firms such as Schwab, Fidelity, LPL and Raymond James have made no secret of their desire to take advantage of the distress on Wall Street by luring top producers from Merrill Lynch and other troubled wirehouses.
Registered Rep. January 7, 2011 Kristen French	Will the SEC Curtail Recruiting Bonuses? With brokerage revenues getting squeezed and regulators sniffing around compensation issues and potential conflicts of interest, it's possible that 2011 could bring some changes to broker comp plans.
Investment Advisor August 2008 Elizabeth D. Festa	Springtime for Brokers Custodians and independent B/Ds roll out the carpet.
Financial Advisor April 2005 Tracey Longo	Winning Over Wirehouse Brokers AIG's transition suites help brokers become independent.
Financial Advisor July 2012 Jim McConville	RIAs Catching Up To Brokers In Compensation The compensation gap dividing elite independent advisors and top Wall Street brokers is closing, according to new research.
Registered Rep. November 18, 2005 Kristen French	Smith Barney Cuts Pay for Smaller Brokers The new pay scale was announced to brokers internally in October and will take effect in January.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	Comparison Shopping Here are several categories of information that can help guide a job seeker's evaluation of financial advisory firms.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Nicholas Ferber	Switching Has Changed During trying times like these, many reps are looking to switch jobs. When pondering a move, no question occupies more time or discussion between brokers, hiring managers and (sometimes) recruiters than the following: "What's in it for me?"
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	In Good Company There's a trend brewing among brokers with nascent high-net-worth books. Increasingly, these reps are not interested in making a lateral move to a wirehouse, preferring instead to hold out for a position at a firm whose brand resonates with the ultra-wealthy.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Mindy Diamond	Passion Pays Superstar brokers are receiving unimaginable compensation to switch firms. But don't expect managers to throw money at just any advisor with great production numbers.
Registered Rep. June 6, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	Wall Street Brokerages Set For More Advisor Defections? Switching for big signing bonuses spiked during the recent financial crisis when Wall Street's biggest brokerages merged or were acquired. But it died down a bit after Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley offered their financial advisors retention packages.
On Wall Street February 1, 2013 Matt Greenslade	Competition for Talent in Wealth Industry Stays Strong It s an advisor s market, as firms with diverse practice models strive to nab top talent.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 Mindy Diamond	Prospects Grim for Wirehouse Brokers with Hybrid Books of Business Hybrid brokers -- those with both retail and midmarket institutional accounts-- at wirehouses might soon be a thing of the past, but that doesn't mean those with this business model have no options.
Registered Rep. September 17, 2010 Mindy Diamond	Five Reasons You Won't Get Hired While hiring managers are still primarily interested in a financial advisor's production and client assets, gone are the days when firms look solely at these criteria.
Registered Rep. September 7, 2015 Anne Field	How to Recruit from the Top R.M. Zalatimo wants to grow by wooing big wirehouse advisors to his independent broker/dealer practice.
Investment Advisor September 2009 Melanie Waddell	Not So Fast Cerulli Associates data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away.
Registered Rep. February 25, 2013 David Geracioti	Cold Call with Jeff Spears Each broker leaves for a different reason that is unique to their business or personal situation. The reasons range from a corporate merger, compensation change, loss of a large client to a life event, such as a divorce or children moving out of the house.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Matt Barthel	Reinventing the Branch Manager The do-it-all BOM -- the guy who would mentor a financial office's young bucks, auditing their tickets and their client interactions all while recruiting and tending his own book -- is becoming obsolete in today's compliance-happy environment.
On Wall Street October 1, 2008 Danny Sarch	Seven Reasons Why Advisors Move A firm that's hemorrhaging money isn't the only reason advisors leave. Company polices and management attitudes also play a part.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kristen French	Wachovia: Back on Track Wachovia is back in good graces with its brokers. The many integration headaches of the firm's merger with Prudential Securities have finally subsided. Reps polled say management has tackled a number of improvements.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Andre Cappon	The Pygmalion Effect: The Branch Manager Sets the Tone Why are some brokerage offices within the same network consistently profitable while others are consistently unprofitable?