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Investment Advisor
December 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Staggering Toward Reform Investor Protection Act passes with lots of fiduciary-related amendments; action on Dodd not likely until 2010.   |
Registered Rep.
May 11, 2011
Diana Britton |
CPA Panel: Regulators Taking B/D Accounting Data More Seriously The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission are stepping up their scrutiny of the accounting and audit process of broker/dealers. |
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
December 2009
Sherri Scordo |
Frontline News Financial sector news: Financial Services Overhaul Getting Closer... McCann Making Mark At UBS... Main Street Securities B-D Now With National Planning... Small B-Ds Could Face Large Audit Costs... more... |
Registered Rep.
December 11, 2009
Kristen French |
House Passes Regulatory Reform, SRO Up In The Air The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 passed by a narrow margin. But it will still be a long time before the regulatory future for broker/dealers and investment advisers is clear. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009 |
Group Think Industry association news: Call for legislation to oversee the financial planning profession... New member programs from NAIBD... NAVA has hired Chris Paulitz as Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs... |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC's Walters Backs Harmonizing B/D, Advisor Rules Yet another top official at the SEC is championing the idea of harmonizing rules for investment advisors and broker/dealers. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
Russ Diachok |
Coming to an RIA Near You One of the scenarios arising from the financial crisis and frauds like the one perpetrated by Bernie Madoff will be greater regulation of broker/dealers. |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Jonathan Henschen |
Broker/Dealer Briefing: Which B/D Model Works Best? Advisors typically don't have a clue as to what the profit centers are at broker/dealers and, frankly, the broker/dealers would like to keep it that way. |
Registered Rep.
June 7, 2011
Diana Britton |
Advisor Group in Talks to Acquire Smaller B/D Independent broker/dealer network Advisor Group is talking to a number of small and mid-sized broker/dealers that the company would consider purchasing. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Philip Palaveev |
The New Model: The Fee-Only Broker/Dealer Independent broker/dealers must tackle head-on the causes of their frustration if they wish to survive. |
Registered Rep.
August 29, 2014
Diana Britton |
One Strike, You're Out When it comes to the world of independent broker/dealers, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is cracking down. Its stated 2014 priority is to focus its regulatory firepower on "high-risk" brokers. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Schapiro Speaks on Fiduciary, 12b-1s In an exclusive interview, the SEC Chairman speaks her mind. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
James J. Green |
How the Representatives Voted The year 2009 marked the 19th time that Investment Advisor asked its readers who are representatives of independent broker/dealers to rank their own B/Ds on 14 discrete categories, along with an overall rating. |
Registered Rep.
November 4, 2009
Bill Singer |
Rep. Bachus Slips One In (Not Everyone Is Cheering) Has Capitol Hill taken its legislative legerdemain to new depths? |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Reform Is on the Way SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro is laying the groundwork for a significantly beefed up enforcement division at the Commission. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2005 |
I'm A Broker, You're A Broker At most publicly traded national broker/dealers, about 35 percent of employees are called financial advisors. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Donohue on the Rand Report & Paulson SEC exec doesn't foresee a single regulator for advisors and broker/dealers. |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Bracing for Change It looks to be all but inevitable that the rules for broker/dealers and investment advisors will be harmonized, and that broker/dealers offering investment advice will have to adhere to a fiduciary standard of care. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
James J. Green |
Broker/Dealer Briefing: A Shot Over the Bow FINRA is quietly conducting a sweep of broker/dealers that could be the first steps to having the SRO take over regulation of registered investment advisors from the SEC -- something the former NASD has long desired. |
Registered Rep.
September 21, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Banks Officially Welcomed into the Brokerage World Under New SEC Rule It only took eight years, but the SEC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System passed final rules defining how banks can act as securities brokers. |
Registered Rep.
May 7, 2010
Kristen French |
Bulk Up On Disclosure, Shock Aborbers Needed, Says Ketchum The industry must move forward to improve the quality and kinds of disclosures firms provide to clients, particularly disclosures about the services provided. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
James J. Green |
Where Representatives Would Go This year, more than many others, many representatives of broker/dealers are reassessing their options when it comes to with whom, and how, they will affiliate. |
Registered Rep.
May 24, 2006
Kristen French |
Broker Sanctioned for Violation of Patriot Act After nearly a year and a half since the law's passage and after over a dozen brokerage firm audits, the SEC took its first enforcement action against a broker/dealer. Yet, in so doing, the SEC noted that broker/dealers are generally doing a very good job of complying. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: These Guys Are Good Did you ever get the haunting feeling that something was going too well? That's how I'm starting to feel about the reregulation of the advisory world, which is part of the Obama Administration's overhaul of the financial services industry. |
Investment Advisor
November 2009 |
GroupThink Association news: A new universal standard of care to broker/dealers is urged... The Financial Planning Association and Janus Capital Group Inc. announced the winners of the 2009 Financial Frontiers Awards... |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2004 |
Cutting the Pace of Cost-Cutting New numbers from the Securities Industry Association suggest that cost-reduction efforts are easing. |
Investment Advisor
September 2007
James J. Green |
Leading the Way The leaders of the 2007 Broker/Dealers of the Year reflect their reps: optimistic, opinionated professionals whose business savvy is growing in a challenging environment |
Investment Advisor
September 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
Around the Table The leaders of the 2007 Broker/Dealers of the Year speak frankly about their challenges and opportunities. |
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 |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Kathleen M. McBride |
Independents' Optimism Broker/dealer advisory board members say things are looking up in the industry. |
Registered Rep.
January 23, 2011
Kristen French |
SEC Recommends Strict Fiduciary Standard For Broker/Dealers An SEC study released over the weekend could represent a major push towards a more uniform regulatory framework for the fragmented wealth management business. |
Registered Rep.
June 24, 2011
Ed Mason |
Acquiring a B/D? Use This Checklist. Attention early in the process to the unique regulatory concerns impacting broker/dealer M&A will increase the probability of parties successfully navigating a path to closing and, ultimately, a successful acquisition. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
Russ Diachok |
Survival of the Fittest An assessment of who will succeed -- and fail -- among the independent B/D ranks. |
Registered Rep.
March 27, 2006
Kristen French |
SEC Targets Investment Traps Set For Seniors The move against the "free lunch," as they are generally called, is part of a larger initiative launched to protect senior citizens from investment scams and unsuitable recommendations. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2012
Diana Britton |
Breaking Out: A New Era in Insurance Insurance firms constantly go through cycles of acquisition and sale when it comes to their broker/dealer subsidiaries. But the current sell cycle is different, and it may shake up how the business works. |
Investment Advisor
July 2007
Jonathan Henschen |
B/Ds in the Year 2010 What the future holds for independent broker/dealers: technology... outsourcing... marketing... practice management... succession planning... alternative investments... fees... |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2004
Tim Beyers |
American Express Unit in Scandal The broker could be a target of a regulatory inquiry into mutual funds revenue-sharing. How can you tell if your own broker or advisor has a conflict of interest? |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
James J. Green |
You're the Tops In a comprehensive face-to-face discussion, the leaders of the Broker/Dealers of the Year explain their firms' unique charisma and how they plan to remain at the summit of their professions. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
James J. Green |
The FSI's Priorities Now While the members of the Financial Services Institute compete fiercely with each other in many areas -- within FSI they have subsumed their differences in favor of promoting the common agenda of broker/dealers. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
James J. Green |
What Representatives Wish For Representatives tell what products or services they wish their current broker/dealers offered, but don't. |
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
New Rules For 401k Advice The White House has proposed rules that require advisors to either use independent computer models that spit out advice, or else avoid steering workers into funds to which they are tied or that pay them a fee based on their recommendation. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
Elizabeth D. Festa |
B/D Briefing: Keys to B/D Success A new study reveals that a broker/dealer's growth can be stunted, the investor experience harmed, and the firm's brand jeopardized by the lack of an efficient operational platform. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
A Key Congressman Weighs In on Obama's Bank Proposals Rep. Paul Kanjorski gives his thoughts on President Obama's proposed limits on banks. |
OCC Bulletin
September 5, 2002 |
Investment Portfolio Credit Risks: Safekeeping Arrangements This guidance alerts banks to the potentially significant credit risks they incur when safekeeping investment portfolio assets with third parties, such as brokers, broker/dealer firms and banks. |
Registered Rep.
July 9, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
Broader Fiduciary Standard Could Kick Up B/d Insurance Bills Will a broader application of the fiduciary standard be accompanied by higher insurance costs? Some broker/dealers are bracing for the possibility. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
James J. Green |
Catching Up With: Jeff Montgomery A conversation with the CEO of Al Frank Asset Management. |
Geotimes
May 2006
Steven Quane |
The Rocket Docket: Legislating Science Out of Public Policy Rhetorically, little resistance exists for U.S. policy-makers to use science fairly and justly in creating the laws of the land. Procedurally, however, that is certainly not the case. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
A Better Way to Check Your Broker? A former SEC guy is aiming to help you steer clear of ne'er-do-wells. Meanwhile, make sure that the brokerage you're using is best for your needs. Odds are, you can find a better brokerage that charges you less or offers more services. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Philip Palaveev |
B/D or RIA? How to Decide for Yourself To help make the decision between the registered independent advisor and broker/dealer approach, first ask yourself where you belong. |
