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Registered Rep.
August 31, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Sharp Words for the NASD By Raymond James' Averitt Dick Averitt of Raymond James Financial Services had some particularly harsh words for the National Association of Securities Dealers over fee-based accounts in a speech at RJFS' semiannual financial conference on Monday morning.   |
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
John Sullivan |
State of Regulation: A Conversation with FSI's Dale Brown The Financial Services Institute will branch out to help advisors with small business issues. |
Registered Rep.
February 13, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
Raymond James Ramping Up Its RIA with New Leadership, Investment The new president, Bill Van Law, said the company plans to make a significant investment in the business in the months ahead. |
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 Planning
January 1, 2010
Stacy Schultz |
Making a Statement When Raymond James bumped up its minimums in November, it positioned itself for a new standard, but could bad timing hinder its strategy? |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Eric Schwartz |
B/D or RIA? The Case for the Flexible B/D How independent broker/dealers and advisors can thrive by leveraging the trends of the future. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
November 10, 2005
David A. Geracioti |
News From the SIA Meeting The top executives of the nation's biggest securities firms gathered at their annual meeting and declared that 2005 will go down as one of the industry's best years ever. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2008
Marion Asnes |
RayJay's Day While most Raymond James Financial Service employees rejoice about topping the J.D. Powers rankings, few worried about auction-rate securities. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008 |
Letters to the Editor Letter to the Editor: Raymond James responds to "Be Careful What You Wish For"... |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2006 |
60 Seconds With...Grace Vogel An interview with the executive vice president of Member Firm Regulation for New York Stock Exchange Regulation about regulatory duplication and the NYSE's enforcement record. |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Will the States Be Able to Regulate Big RIAs? State regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will meet soon to iron out the details of shifting nearly 4,000 advisors from federal to state supervision. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2012
Donna Mitchell |
Hot Topics SEC enforcement actions... Heartland hails dividends... Regulatory changes & volatility top concerns for retirement advisors... |
Financial Advisor
March 2012 |
Raymond James Hedges Bets Raymond James Financial Services CEO Dick Averitt related a story of how the independent contractor grew from a relatively small base 25 years ago to the largest part of the brokerage firm's business today. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
June 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
Interesting Times Independent broker/dealers find opportunity in the face of changing winds. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2013
Braswell & Konish |
Leaders: Ranking the Top Wirehouses and Regional Broker-Dealers This year, the leading wirehouse and regional wealth management firms took the steps necessary to ensure they reap rewards as markets hit new highs. |
Registered Rep.
July 22, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
Raymond James Financial and Wells Fargo Retail Brokerage Units Hang In There A report on earnings from two major financial firms. |
Investment Advisor
August 2008
James J. Green |
Catching up with...Mitch Politzer Even if there has been a sea change in annuities, there's still a lag among advisors in terms of using the products. Mitch Politzer, president and CEO of First Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of New York, discusses the instruments. |
Financial Advisor
November 2010
David Lawrence |
Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to 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 Planning
February 1, 2007
Marshall Eckblad |
5 Questions A short interview with Margaret Sheehan, author of Practical Guide to NASD Regulation about the outlook for the NASD in 2007. |
Registered Rep.
July 29, 2013
Diana Britton |
No Man Is an Island Independent broker/dealers are dressing up their offerings to attract and retain advisors tempted to start their own RIAs. |
Investment Advisor
September 2010
Thomas D. Giachetti |
The Compliance Coach: Will the SEC Ever Learn? Don't Count On It Get ready for new custody and ADV rules, and the $100 million threshold. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Ducking the VA Storm Raymond James outlined plans to cut fees and commissions, and remove some conflicts of interest in variable annuity marketing. The broker/dealer has notified insurers that if they wish to sell on its platform they must adhere to new design requirements. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Brian Hamburger |
Regulation Season A look forward at the real effects of regulatory change - and they could be as unattractive as they are expensive. |
Registered Rep.
April 24, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Raymond James Takes a 2Q Hit -- But Gains Retail Advisors Raymond James Financial posted dismal overall earnings for the second quarter, but its private client group appears to be a bright spot. |
Registered Rep.
May 20, 2011
Diana Britton |
Fee-Only FAs Positioned Well to Capture Retirement Plan Assets Fee-only financial advisors are well-positioned to capture retirement plan clients because of their fee transparency and their business model's alignment with ERISA. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008 |
Raymond James Financial Services A conversation with Dick Averitt, chairman and CEO of Raymond James Financial Services in St. Petersburg, Florida. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2011
Mike Byrnes |
Pulling Out All Stops Since 2008, the financial services industry has taken a beating-not just in assets under management and performance, but in reputation, as well. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2012
Mitchell et al. |
Hot Topics Raymond James Financial names Van Law president of RIA division... European countries join U.S. effort to join tax cheats... Younger investors less optimistic about retirement... more... |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2009
Mark Astarita |
Changes at the SEC: Schapiro Should Be Benefit to Advisors One can expect that as head of the SEC Mary Schapiro will understand the impact of new rule proposals and enforcement initiatives and will temper the calls for more extreme changes that would ultimately harm the markets and the financial industry. |
Registered Rep.
December 9, 2003
Will Leitch |
Raymond James Audits Itself In the wake of last week's news that regulators have recommended "enforcement action" against Raymond James Financial for failure to offer clients breakpoints, the Florida-based brokerage has called for an all-hands-on-deck audit of its mutual fund trading. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2010
Brian Hamburger |
Full Disclosure Protecting client privacy is one of the most important responsibilities of any financial advisor. And it's about to become one of the most time-consuming and highly regulated aspects of the business as well. |
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Joel Bruckenstein |
Kicking It Up A Notch Tech upgrades at some of the larger independent broker-dealers. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2012
Bob Veres |
21st Century Regulation What is the best way to regulate fiduciary RIAs? How best can we identify and weed out bad apples and better protect consumers in the process? |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2012
Frances A. McMorris |
Editor's Letter: Wealth Management with a Personal Touch Things that financial advisors need to consider as baby boomers approach retirement. |
Investment Advisor
March 2007
Melanie Waddell |
States' Rights The North American Securities Administrators Association's agenda includes preserving state regulators' authority. |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2012
Gallant & Schneider |
Are We There Yet? No, But FAs Can Help. In Search of Retirement Income Many advisors mistakenly believe that retirement income clients are a diminishing asset, not recognizing that these clients tend to consolidate investments and to be more loyal. |
On Wall Street
March 19, 2013
Bill Willis |
Recruiter's Tour of Raymond James Morgan Keegan employees were required to make a home office visit after their firm was acquired by Raymond James. |
Registered Rep.
July 8, 2015
Jerry Gleeson |
The New Sheriffs In 2012, more than 2,000 RIA firms who had only known the regulatory scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission were transitioned over to the Wild West of state securities regulators. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse If a new survey is to be believed, advisors who help their clients with retirement planning -- and that's most of you -- will soon face a difficult choice: Change the way you service clients or watch your profits shrink. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
McBride & Roberts |
The Presidents Speak Recruiting and building margins are top challenges for independent broker/dealers today. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Turf Wars A conversation with former SEC Commissioner Roel Campos about the Treasury's Blueprint for financial services reform. |
Registered Rep.
December 21, 2012
Megan Leonhardt |
Looking Back, 2012 A Mixed Bag For Wirehouses Assets mostly were up, but advisors are on the move. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2010
Frances A. McMorris |
Confusion Reigns Among Wirehouse Advisors On The Fiduciary Issue With all the frenzy over the call for a universal fiduciary standard for all financial and investment advisors, it appears that those in the wirehouses don't really understand the debate. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008
McBride & Waddell |
Seismic Shift The Treasury Secretary floats a regulatory plan that -- if implemented -- will change the financial services world as we know it. |
Financial Advisor
June 2004
Tracey Longo |
Compliance Overload A white-hot regulatory agenda is bedeviling independent broker-dealers in the U.S. |
Registered Rep.
April 2, 2012
Diana Britton |
It's Official: Morgan Keegan Advisors Now Work for Raymond James The next step in the integration process will be to roll out Raymond James' products and services to Morgan Keegan advisors. |
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