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Investment Advisor
January 2010
Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: Dead to Rights If clients want to get a settlement for their life insurance policies, or invest in securitization of life insurance settlements, what should advisors tell them?   |
Registered Rep.
September 30, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Do Retail Financial Advisors Have an "Unhealthy Focus?" The Financial Times suggests the way financial products and services are sold need to be completely overhauled. |
Registered Rep.
August 25, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
Better Economic Times Ahead? Your Clients Don't Think So. Advisors seem more optimistic about the economy than their own clients, according to a recent survey. |
Financial Advisor
February 2012 |
Social Media Losing Some Appeal With Financial Advisors Despite the hype about the benefits social media can bring to financial advisors, most advisors don't find it very useful in their businesses. |
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015 |
2015 Broker Report Card: Show Me The Money Advisors' gross production varied widely by firm in this year's survey results. |
Registered Rep.
June 23, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
Too Much Client Hand-Holding, Not Enough Prospecting The nervous-client-syndrome has yet to wear off. That's according to a new survey that says most advisors are still spending the majority of their time with existing clients rather then generating new business. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2015 |
The State of Independence: ETF Plays Advisors' knowledge of exchange traded funds is lacking. |
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015 |
2015 Broker Report Card: How National Brokerage Firms Stack Up REP.'s 25th annual Broker Report Card is the survey that lets advisors from the six major national brokerages rate their employers across a range of factors |
Registered Rep.
July 8, 2011
Jodie Papike |
What To Do When You Smell a Storm Coming At Your B/d New technology and today's 24-hour media cycle have put advisors in a much better position to sniff out trouble at their broker/dealer. |
Registered Rep.
September 10, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Existing Clients Want More Advice The good news for reps is that the world doesn't hate you. The bad news is that acquiring clients -- particularly affluent ones -- is getting a lot more tough. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2010
Aarti N. Maharaj |
Five Questions With Amy Strong Joining Financial Research Corp. as a research analyst in 2007, she examines the state of the industry and marketing effectiveness. |
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015 |
2015 Broker Report Card: Advisor Satisfaction For those advisors employed at national broker firms, overall satisfaction took a hit as markets remain uncertain. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2013
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
For Advisors, a Client-Centered Shift More advisors are shifting toward a broader approach and away from investment management. |
Financial Advisor
October 2005
Chris Radford |
Practice Management: What The Survey Doesn't Say Because there are no surefire business plans for success, it takes a unique combination for each financial advisor to find the "x-factor" -- that intangible number in every business opportunity that equals ultimate success. |
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015 |
2015 Broker Report Card: Stagnating Assets? It's no surprise that younger advisors have fewer assets under management, yet they are growing at a faster clip. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2013
Rachel F. Elson |
Commonwealth Financial's Big Fee-Based Bet Commonwealth Financial Network already stands out for its revenue mix. Now it has a new model for RIAs. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
David A. Geracioti |
To Increase Revenue Increase Time Spent With Clients Clients are happier when financial advisors pay close attention to them, and new research suggests that this can manifest itself in more business. |
Registered Rep.
October 31, 2014 |
Advisor Views on Alternatives While 70 percent of advisors recommend some form of alternative products to their clients, it's a select group. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
John J. Bowen |
The Best in the Business Financial advisors can learn much from studying the business practices of their most successful peers. |
Registered Rep.
December 7, 2011
Philip Palaveev |
The Say on Pay: Registered Rep.'s 2011 Compensation Survey Financial advisors continue to expand their practices, work with more clients and receive ample compensation for their efforts. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005 |
13 Percent Percentage of advisors who say they have switched to a wealth management model. |
Registered Rep.
August 3, 2004
John Churchill |
The Beginning of Reconstruction Advisors at firms involved in the settlement with the SEC are required to give clients access to research from three different independent providers. What impact will this have on investors and the reputations of advisors? |
Registered Rep.
December 21, 2011
Diana Britton |
Aite: Bloom Coming Off the Rose of Social Media? Financial advisors are just getting started, and already, the bloom seems to be coming off the rose, Aite Group says. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2013 |
Women Advisors Forum: Learn From the Best Next month's New York gathering offers sessions on divorce planning, career development, digital marketing and more. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Philip Palaveev |
Tortoise or Hare Which business model is most acceptable to investors? And which to advisors? |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2010
Matthew Leung |
Winning Over Clients Who Have Been Burned It's not surprising that investors and even financial advisors may be disheartened about the market. So how can advisors remain motivated and prevent clients from sitting on the sidelines? |
Financial Advisor
October 2010
Michael Patrick Jacobs |
Investors Demand More This advisor provides highlights of what he's found clients today are looking for when they seek advice. |
Investment Advisor
April 2008
Lewis Schiff |
Like Client, Like Advisor New research reveals the personality traits and practices that help advisors become millionaires themselves. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Kara P. Stapleton |
Stressed Out? It's no news that advisors are overwhelmed, considering the behavior of the markets and the state of the economy. |
Financial Advisor
December 2005
Grove & Prince |
Raising The Bar On Value-Added Services There is an unequaled opportunity for growth when financial advisors leverage the expertise and resources of financial institutions and partner with their product providers. |
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
August 2006
Hannah Shaw Grove |
Life Insurance And Wealth Management Helping client with life insurance is an important service of effective wealth managers. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
November 4, 2014
Megan Leonhardt |
Wires Have Biggest Social Media Footprint Out of all advisors, it's those sitting at banks who are most reluctant to embrace social media -- only about one out of every five use it, a number that has not budged much from previous years. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2011
Michelle Lodge |
Five Questions With Patrick Kennedy So-called sympathy pricing, or discounting, of transactional trades runs rampant in the full-service brokerage industry, says Patrick Kennedy, co-founder and VP, product and technology, for the intelligence-solutions firm PriceMetrix. |
Registered Rep.
November 26, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Major Lay Offs for Wall Street? Or Just a Blip on the Radar? One recruitment firm estimates that about 140,000 employees will be let go in the aftermath of the credit crunch and the resulting write-downs at the major wirehouses. |
Registered Rep.
May 8, 2013
Diana Britton |
Moving on Up: Go Independent and Make More $ Advisors who switched firms saw a jump in their compensation, especially among those who went independent. |
Financial Advisor
May 2012
Karen DeMasters |
Advisors Often Work Against Clients' Interests, Study Says Financial advisors often work against their clients' interests if it means earning more in fees, according to a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research. |
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015 |
2015 Broker Report Card: Fiduciary Worries The Department of Labor is set to rule that brokers working with retirement accounts meet a fiduciary standard. |
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. |
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
April 1, 2013
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
5 Success Tips From High-Performing Advisors A new study of high-earning advisors offers 5 clear success tips. |
Investment Advisor
December 2009
Marlene Y. Satter |
On the Other Hand Doug Head, executive director of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA), flatly denies that STOLI is a problem. |
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. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2007
Deborah Doyle McWhinney |
Independents' Day As investment advisors become more popular and profitable, they must find new ways to keep ahead of the competition. |
Financial Advisor
May 2006
Bruce W. Fraser |
An Undiscovered Asset Class Most advisors know little about the structured settlements market, yet the dollar amounts in settlements can range into the millions of dollars, thus making them a potentially profitable niche market for wealth managers and other fee-only advisors. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008
Marlene Y. Satter |
If A Stranger Calls Older clients may be tempted by stranger-oriented life insurance, but beware, it may not be as good as it sounds. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
Need for Education A preview of the 2008 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Study, a snapshot of the financial advisory business. |
Registered Rep.
February 3, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
RIAs on the Recruiting Warpath: LPL's Morristown Financial Recruits 70 in 2010 Investors will refer their family and friends to their advisor if they're satisfied with the service. For financial practices that seek to recruit advisors, the game plays by much the same rules. |
Investment Advisor
April 2008
Angela Herbers |
Opportunity Knocks The bear market can lead to great growth for advisors, or a big nightmare. |
