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All Systems Go Clients and income hold steady in the financial services industry.   |
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June 1, 2008
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Be Careful What You Wish For Understanding the advisor and independent broker-dealer relationship. |
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 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 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
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 Advisor
November 2010
Bruce W. Fraser |
Out Of Retrenchment Independent broker-dealers see good recruiting opportunities in 2011. |
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 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. |
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
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
November 2010
David Lawrence |
Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to broker-dealers? |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2012
Ann Marsh |
Go Big or Go Home There's a stark choice facing many players in the rapidly consolidating independent B-D game for the foreseeable future: Grow like crazy or call it quits. |
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 Planning
August 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
B-D of the Future The Broker-Dealer of the Future, Pershing's first study on the industry, identifies factors facing broker-dealers new competitive landscape. |
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 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
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 Planning
September 1, 2007
Bob Veres |
The Dual Reality The FSI and independent broker-dealer community have become pivotal voices in the profession. What they see in the future might surprise you. |
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, 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. |
Investment Advisor
June 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
Stretched For broker/dealers who are already stressed, dually registered advisors are a challenge being met in varied ways. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2010
Marion Asnes |
One Fee to Bind Them In 2009, broker-dealer Capital Analysts introduced a new flat-fee business model. So how's it going? |
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
September 2005
Bruce W. Fraser |
How To Survive The SEC Assault Advisors cite a new, more demanding compliance environment. Despite the extra financial and time burden, many advisors feel much better about their businesses, having gone through the compliance process. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2010
Paul Menchaca |
Plains Vision Surrounded by nothing but miles of farmland are the offices of Cambridge Investment Research, a pioneer of the hybrid advisory model. |
Financial Advisor
December 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
Big Guys Fight Back Broker-dealers try to find their bearings in 2010 as their antagonists push back. |
Financial Advisor
June 2010
Jeff Schlegel |
Who's Your Market? Some broker-dealers have niches that set them apart. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
The Winner's Curse Many advisors independent b/ds recruit have now unrealistic expectations: They want full technical and marketing support, as well as help understanding products and asset managers. |
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
November 1, 2007
Jay Vinson |
The B-D Connection As an independent financial advisor, your broker-dealer can offer you tools and resources to help you grow your financial planning practice. |
Financial Advisor
August 2005
Tracey Longo |
Independents Believe Bigger Is Better--And Cheaper Faced with higher costs, broker-dealers are targeting larger advisors. |
Financial Advisor
June 2011
Andrew Gluck |
The Accidental Broker-Dealer How independent B-D Ensemble Financial came undone and left its reps adrift. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2006
Susan Konig |
A Big Trade Off? For advisors looking for further independence through a registered investment advisory firm, compliance burdens can increase. Reps working under an independent b/d's umbrella RIA, also known as "dually registered" advisors, must comply with both NASD and SEC rules. |
Financial Advisor
August 2004
Tracey Longo |
All Aboard Planners and advisors continue to switch independent broker-dealers. |
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 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. |
Financial Advisor
January 2004
Tracey Longo |
Reversal Of Fortune Independent brokerage firms experienced a turnaround in 2003. |
Financial Advisor
March 2006
Nancy Lininger |
Letters to the Editor The New Advisory-World Order: Commissioned reps have lost clients over the years to discount brokers, day traders and now, the divine fee-only advisor. Firms embracing fees and commissions, and offering the most services and compensation options, will be reborn. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Bob Clark |
Who's Your Daddy? Philip Palaveev's new gig as president of Fusion Advisor Network foreshadows the future of independent advice. |
Financial Advisor
June 2009
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Stepping It Up Broker-dealers are enhancing the technology they offer to advisors. |
Financial Advisor
June 2007
Raymond Fazzi |
Follow The Money Broker-dealers sum up the future of advisory services in two words: rich folks. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Set Me Free LPL Financial staked a bigger claim on the independent advisor market last month with the announcement that the broker-dealer will allow its advisors to do business under their own RIA. |
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Bruce W. Fraser |
Crafting A Comeback With new leadership at its parent AIG, Advisor Group's trio of broker-dealers venture forth on the road to recovery. |
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
March 1, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Clearly, Competition LPL's clearing deal with AXA Advisors prompts questions about recruitment among independent broker-dealers. |
Investment Advisor
March 2006
Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Here, There and Everywhere Dually registered advisors (advisors who are registered with both the SEC and the NASD, and are collecting both fees and commissions) have the best -- and worst -- of both worlds. However, a new study shows when implemented properly, the hybrid model can be very profitable. |
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
March 2008
Joel Bruckenstein |
Kicking It Up A Notch Tech upgrades at some of the larger independent broker-dealers. |
