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Financial Advisor August 2004 Tracey Longo |
All Aboard Planners and advisors continue to switch independent broker-dealers. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
FP 50: Revenue Rising The money stream is flowing again: After two years of stagnant or, worse, shrinking revenue, the 50 largest independent broker-dealers report their annual revenues rebounded last year - significantly in many cases. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
All Systems Go Clients and income hold steady in the financial services industry. |
Financial Advisor August 2012 Karen DeMasters |
The Great Migration Though they aren't moving as fast as they were a few years ago, advisors are still in play for independent broker-dealers. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 David J. Drucker |
Fee-Based Confusion Cambridge, Commonwealth and Securities America aren't your father's broker-dealers. Although they count reps of all compensation stripes within their ranks, they're clearly leading the new generation to a more professional business model. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2006 Joan Warner |
FP50: Where the Growth Is With their market share growing 20% a year and the boomer generation's accumulated treasure to deploy, independent broker-dealers are on a prosperous path. |
Financial Advisor August 2005 Tracey Longo |
Independents Believe Bigger Is Better--And Cheaper Faced with higher costs, broker-dealers are targeting larger advisors. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2006 |
FP50: On the Cutting Edge Four broker-dealers have found success by creating their own unique business models. |
Financial Advisor June 2009 Jeff Schlegel |
Money In Motion The economic crisis has wreaked havoc on wirehouses, and more advisors are looking for new opportunities. |
Financial Advisor January 2007 Tracey Longo |
Allure Of Independence Remains Bright Independent broker-dealers step up their recruiting efforts among reps and the already liberated. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
FP50: Behind the Numbers Revenues among the top 50 broker-dealers soared, costs fell and reps took home more money than ever. But the biggest winners in this year's survey were fee-based products. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
FP50: Pressure Points It's a great time to be in financial services. But broker-dealers' challenges are growing as fast as their opportunities. |
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. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Chris Taylor |
FP50: The Latest Lure? Training. How four broker-dealers are relying on support services to compete for business. |
Financial Advisor January 2004 Tracey Longo |
Reversal Of Fortune Independent brokerage firms experienced a turnaround in 2003. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Eric Rasmussen |
Swimming In Shallow Water Broker-dealers face a stagnant rep pool, shrinking margins and the choke hold of regulators. But it's been a boon to the biggest consolidators. |
Financial Advisor January 2006 Tracey Longo |
Working Smarter, Not Harder As more independent broker-dealers set themselves up as strategic outsourcing partners, they are finding bigger and better firms driven to their door by stagnant or shrinking profit margins and the accelerating compliance melee. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca |
Tale of a Tough Year What the numbers show: a dramatic seven-month stock market rally was not enough to help most of the top 50 broker-dealers counter the aftershocks of the financial crisis. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2005 Ed McCarthy |
Making the Switch As advisers shift from a commission-based model to a fee-based one, how are their practices handling the change? |
Financial Advisor November 2010 Bruce W. Fraser |
Out Of Retrenchment Independent broker-dealers see good recruiting opportunities in 2011. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Stacy Shultz |
Lookin' Good, Broker Dealers As baby boomers approach retirement, some believe there could be no better time to be in the financial services industry. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Paul Menchaca |
Oh, the Drama The broker-dealers who spoke to Financial Planning in this year's annual survey are busy negotiating the downturn by improving their infrastructure, expanding through recruitment and eyeing an economic rebound. |
Financial Advisor August 2007 Tracey Longo |
A World For Advisors Broker-dealers across the country are reporting record revenue increases -- a significant portion of these from fee-based business -- and say they're continuing to step up their game in order to recruit advisors with significant practices. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Ed McCarthy |
The Next Generation of Advisers (and the Problem with Uncovering Them) There's still no tried-and-true path for those entering the financial planning profession. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2005 Juliette Fairley |
Building a Better Platform ING advances the ball on integrated systems to help advisers and supervisors. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
Custody Battle Although three custodians now get most of the RIA business, increased competition may lead to more choices -- and more services -- for financial planners. |
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 April 2005 Tracey Longo |
Winning Over Wirehouse Brokers AIG's transition suites help brokers become independent. |
Financial Advisor January 2006 Raymond Fazzi |
Declaration Of Independence More financial planners are leaving wirehouses to become fee-based RIAs. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
FP50: Small Wonders Smaller broker-dealers vow to retain their personalized service as they pursue ambitious goals. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Scott Wenger |
Help Wanted The rising tide of the markets lifted virtually all boats among independent broker-dealers last year -- at least 82% of the firms in our 26th annual FP50 Survey reported revenue growth. Great time to have been looking for a job as an advisor, right? |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Black & Liptow |
FP50: The Rising Tide Among the 50 largest independent financial advisory firms--this year's FP50--revenues and assets under management were up, and losses were down. The leaders are holding their top slots, while many newbies are growing at a dramatic clip. |
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. |
Financial Advisor November 2008 Gail Liberman |
War Breaks Out For Wirehouse Brokers The economic crisis on Wall Street, among many other things, is causing wirehouse brokers to reconsider the value proposition offered by the giant financial service firms. |
Investment Advisor June 1, 2011 John Sullivan |
2011 Broker-Dealer Presidents' Poll--Slideshow Broker-dealer recruiting expert Jon Henschen talks about the state of the industry, what it means for reps and what it means for clients. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 James A. Barnash |
Why We're Suing The FPA president explains the lawsuit over the SEC's broker-dealer rule that exempted certain broker-dealers from disclosure standards that apply to investment advisers and most financial planners. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2007 Erik Kolb |
Recruits In The Driver's Seat Recruiting in the independent broker/dealer business has reached a fever pitch. Firms have responded with recruiting incentives such as deferred compensation, transition financing, practice-management help, and sign-on bonuses. |
Financial Advisor May 2006 Tracey Longo |
What Have You Done For Me Lately? The race is on among independent broker-dealers to recruit more top fee-based advisors. |
Financial Advisor April 2009 Sherri Scordo |
LPL Seeing Explosive Recruiting Growth The turbulence sweeping the financial services industry, coupled with the continued deterioration of some of the nation's largest securities firms, is triggering explosive recruiting growth at LPL Financial, the nation's largest independent brokerage firm. |
Financial Advisor June 2008 Tracey Longo |
Swimming Upstream California investment advisor John Threlkeld has been working diligently to serve wealthier and wealthier investors, even purchasing two other advisors' practices and turning all but his top clients over to a junior planner. |
Financial Advisor June 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
Regulatory Challenges Top Broker-Dealer Agenda Rarely has the potential of the financial advisory business, with a huge demographic wave of baby boomers approaching retirement, looked brighter. But never has the regulatory climate been more challenging. |
Registered Rep. September 13, 2010 Susan Konig |
Wirehouse Recruiting Stalls, Deals Keep Rising but Fewer Advisors Moving These days there are a lot more strings attached to recruiting packages and in the current market they're not great for brokers or firms. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Paul Menchaca |
LPL: "We've Arrived" Twenty years after the San Diego-based company was formed through the merger of Linsco and Private Ledger, LPL appears to have lapped its rivals, leaving nothing in its rearview mirror. |
Financial Advisor June 2010 Jeff Schlegel |
Who's Your Market? Some broker-dealers have niches that set them apart. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Juliette Fairley |
FP50: Angst Over Compliance As financial advisory firms struggle to manage a raft of new regulations, they are banding together to rein in the rule-makers. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Philip Palaveev |
Be Careful What You Wish For Understanding the advisor and independent broker-dealer relationship. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2013 Ann Marsh |
FP50: Big IBDs Hit a Speed Bump Is the boom over? After years of double-digit growth, independent broker-dealers hit a rough patch in 2012. We report from the front lines of the FP50. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
2010: Get Big or Fade Away Forget how you're running your financial advisory practice now. Change is coming. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca |
Survivor Island Firms that endured the worst of the financial crisis and lived to tell about it. |
Financial Advisor November 2008 |
Frontline News News for the Financial Industry: Tumult Could Expand Ranks Of RIAs... M&A Activity Remains Healthy... Independent B-Ds: Don't Tread On Us... Who Has The Most Satisfied Advisors?... The Business Of Serving Business Owners... etc. |