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Investment Advisor
June 2007 |
Fiduciary First of All Letters to the editor: Doing the Fiduciary Wiggle... Corrections... etc.   |
Investment Advisor
October 2007 |
Clark Strikes Another Nerve Letters to the editor: Genius, Pure Genius... Who Says They're the Good Guys... In Favor of Full Disclosure... etc. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006 |
Tell Us How You Really Feel Letters to the editor: Board to Death: Reloaded.. At a conference near you... Corrections... |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
No Buyers--Still--For AIG-owned B/Ds AIG announced its plan to sell its independent broker/dealers back around October 2008. Six months later, nothing has changed except that reps we spoke to are even more frustrated. Some say they are ready to bolt. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Both Sides Now Brokers who hold dual licenses -- both the Series 7 and Series 65 licenses -- will have to take fiduciary responsibility on some accounts. But they can also sell investments, after they make it crystal clear that they're doing so. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
James J. Green |
Chosen: 2009 Broker/Dealers of the Year The firms given the highest ratings among their peers by their own reps in the 19th annual Broker/Dealer of the Year balloting. |
Investment Advisor
March 2006
Melanie Waddell |
Piling On Keeping up with compliance chores will continue to occupy a substantial portion of advisors' time, as industry officials and observers are steadfast in their belief that regulatory scrutiny by the SEC and NASD isn't going away. |
Registered Rep.
October 28, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
Ameriprise Profits Pop, Advisors More Productive Ameriprise's Advice and Wealth Management business is doing more with less: fewer advisors, higher revenue and profits. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Of Two Minds An internecine argument at the FPA gets to the heart of one of the industry's more vexing problems: Should brokers be able to position themselves as financial planners? |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007 |
Insuring Your Future with Insurance? Insurance is an important component of wealth management, and too few reps have made the effort to fit it into client portfolios. Insurance is something you need to know how to use. |
Investment Advisor
October 2005 |
Letters: Get Off it, Already A broker might act like a fiduciary, but he is not allowed to call himself one... The Question's Been Answered... Corrections... |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2007 |
The Great Re-Sell How will registered reps re-position themselves with clients who have fee-based brokerage accounts? |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Bob Clark |
Women of Influence In a field where they make up barely 25% of practitioners, women in wealth management are changing the style and tone of the profession. |
Registered Rep.
October 27, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Schapiro: Don't Expect Respite From Reform Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro lays out a number of regulatory issues the SEC will be paying close attention to in the coming months. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Something About Mary The drive to reregulate financial advice shifted into high gear on June 17, when the Obama Administration released its white paper containing proposals for 21st Century Financial Regulatory Reform, and passes it to SEC chair Mary Shapiro. |
Registered Rep.
June 30, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2006
Daniel B. Moisand |
Keep Standards High Financial planning is surprisingly under-regulated. The rules that do exist apply primarily to subset disciplines. As a result, all planners are regulated but no one really regulates planning. |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Kathleen Mcbride |
SEC and the Fiduciary Study: The Process Why the fiduciary standard became such a hot topic for regulators |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Katherine Reynolds Lewis |
Study Harder New Dodd-Frank legislation kick-started two major initiatives that could transform the way financial advice is regulated and for the first time subject financial planning to explicit regulatory oversight. |
Investment Advisor
May 1, 2011 |
Follow the Leaders: The 2011 IA 25 Announcing the 2011 IA 25 - Fiduciary, behavior, retirement and much more |
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.
January 1, 2007
David A. Geracioti |
What Advisors Look Like Now Here are selected highlights from a reader survey selected from wirehouses, independent broker/dealers, RIAs, financial planners, bank brokers and insurance reps that offers a pulse from this demographic on business trends. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
James J. Green |
Best of Times, Worst of Times Securities America and Capital Analysts have responded to the financial crisis in quite different ways. But they're also quite similar in how they're proactively changing their business models to help reps and the home office thrive |
Registered Rep.
October 23, 2006
John Churchill |
Opulence (and a Wee Bit of Strife) at FPA Confab in Nashville Education and networking were on order at the recent annual Financial Planning Association conference. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
February 3, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Ameriprise Advisor Production Still Rising -- Investors Disappointed by Firm-Wide Results The number of advisors continues to drop at Ameriprise Financial, but the company is more than making up for it with sharply higher productivity. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Is Mary What the SEC Needs? The alternative to FINRA overseeing advisors, and what advisors would definitely prefer, is a self-regulatory organization. |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
Balancing Act The broker/dealer model is changing, spurred by business and regulatory pressures, and reps may stop talking to their clients. |
Investment Advisor
September 2010
Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: The Dodd-Frank Reform Bill Afterlife A fiduciary standard for all may crimp RIAs' competitive edge. |
Investment Advisor
February 1, 2011
Bob Clark |
An Old Dog Learns Some New Tricks Or a funny thing happened on the way to The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Creationism Investors and other financial consumers would be best served by a Glass-Steagall clone, separating financial advice from any and all financial product manufacturing, marketing, or sales. |
Registered Rep.
August 13, 2008
Halah Touryalai |
Ameriprise Buys H&R Block Reps Ameriprise Financial is 900 advisors stronger after it purchased H&R Block Financial Advisors for $315 million in cash. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010 |
So You Want to Have a Profession? Bob Clark presents the following five standards that will clearly and unambiguously define a new profession of Independent Financial Advisors. |
Investment Advisor
May 2006 |
Making the Future Happen The 25 most influential people in and around the investment advisory profession: Ron Roge... Dick Averitt... Tony Batman... Ben Bernanke... etc. |
Investment Advisor
May 2007 |
The IA 25 This year's list of the 25 most influential individuals in and around the planning profession: Mary Shapiro... Rudy Adolf... Robert Arnott... Mark Tibergien... etc. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Matt Barthel |
Insurance and the Generation Gap Reps historically have been reluctant to sell life insurance because of the steep learning curve associated with the products, and there is evidence that many still are hesitant to put forth the effort necessary to grasp the products' nuances. |
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.
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. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Trading Up The Wealth Advisor Institute, a new trade group for advisors who cater to the wealthy, opened its doors in June. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Thomas D. Giachetti |
Defining Fiduciary What is a financial advisor's true fiduciary duty? |
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Jack W. Callahan |
Embrace Change Advisors have to adapt their practices to accommodate retiring clients. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Raising the Bar An interview with Morningstar's Don Phillips, president of fund research, about the renewed importance of research in investing. |
Registered Rep.
December 3, 2009
Kristen French |
Shapiro Calls For Aggressive 2010 Reform Agenda In her remarks before the Consumer Federation of America, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro reiterated her commitment to creating a "strong fiduciary standard" for all securities professionals. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2011 |
Exactly Why Your Broker May Be Dangerous Be careful out there, because the broker you choose may have an agenda. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Schapiro Speaks on Fiduciary, 12b-1s In an exclusive interview, the SEC Chairman speaks her mind. |
Registered Rep.
July 28, 2011
Diana Britton |
Ameriprise: Rep Productivity at New High; Securities America Sale in `Near Future' Advisor productivity reached a new high for Ameriprise Financial. |
Registered Rep.
March 9, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
What's In a Name? If You Are a Fiduciary, a Lot. But Are CFP Certificants Fiduciaries? Financial planners who hold the Certified Financial Planning designation have been tussling with the CFP Board, which controls the CFP designation, over the designation's ethical standards. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2006
Kristen French |
What's in a Name? Financial advisor is the name most of the other wirehouses use for their registered reps these days. It reflects the industry's attempts to transform its reps from commission-based stock jockeys to fee-based relationship managers. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010 |
Soapbox: Here's What We Were Thinking The Financial Planning Coalition is glad to see Bob Clark's vociferous advocacy of a fiduciary standard of care for individuals who dispense financial planning advice, but not so glad of his inability to let go of the past. |
Investment Advisor
June 2007
Elizabeth D. Festa |
Helping Navigate the Product Seas Steve Zaleznick has funneled his years of expertise as head of AARP's financial services company to create a niche service for baby boomers and seniors that offers a full array of services and financial planning for their retirement years. |
