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Investment Advisor
March 2010
James J. Green |
Lightyear Buys ING B/Ds Private equity firm Lightyear Capital LLC has completed its acquisition of the three independent broker/dealers that formerly constituted the ING Advisors Network.   |
Investment Advisor
December 2009
James J. Green |
ING Sells Three B/Ds ING agreed to sell three of its U.S. broker/dealers that comprise the ING Advisors Network to Lightyear Capital LLC. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2012
Ann Marsh |
Cetera CEO Scales Up Valerie Brown is CEO of one of the fastest-growing networks of independent advisors in the country, Cetera Financial Group in El Segundo, CA. |
Registered Rep.
January 16, 2014
Diana Britton |
Did Schorsch Overpay for Cetera? Nicholas Schorsch, head of RCS Capital Corp., announced Thursday that he was buying Cetera Financial from private equity firm Lightyear Capital for about one times Cetera's trailing 12-month revenue. |
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2014
Diana Britton |
The Evolution of RCAP Nicholas Schorsch, executive chairman of RCS Capital, made his initial foray into the independent broker/dealer space with his purchase of First Allied Securities and The Legend Group, with 1,500 advisors. Since then, Schorsch has been on an acquisition tear. |
Registered Rep.
April 8, 2011
Diana Britton |
Multi-Financial Comes Out of Hiding With Big Growth Plans The independent broker-dealer Multi-Financial is undergoing a major growth initiative, ramping up its recruiting, wealth management platform capabilities, and practice management services. |
Registered Rep.
November 3, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
ING Broker-Dealers Sold to Private Equity Firm The anticipated sale of the ING broker/dealer network is official -- the struggling Dutch parent company shed the three independent firms to a private equity firm for an undisclosed amount. |
Investment Advisor
May 2007 |
Changes ING announced that Randall Ciccati, president and CEO of PrimeVest Financial Services, replaced Valerie Brown... Jeffrey Kleintop has joined LPL Financial Services as senior VP... etc. |
Investment Advisor
October 2008 |
News & Products, October 2008 The SEC announces an enforcement action against LPL Financial Corp... ING Advisors Network announced a reorganization... Ameriprise Financial has signed an agreement to acquire H&R Block Financial Advisors... etc. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
James J. Green |
Coming Out Party Only fours years after its inception, the Financial Services Institute has achieved a high level of success as the primary advocacy group for independent broker/dealers. The recent FSI gathering was the broker/dealer group's biggest ever. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
James J. Green |
Broker/Dealer Briefing: John Simmers of ING The CEO of ING Advisors Network, John Simmers, is retiring, but will retain his seat on FINRA's Board. |
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. |
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
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
June 1, 2010
Paul Menchaca |
Survivor Island Firms that endured the worst of the financial crisis and lived to tell about it. |
Registered Rep.
August 29, 2014
David Armstrong |
Editor's Letter: September 2014 Larry Roth, the CEO of the newly christened Cetera Financial Group, suggests that the large swath of independent broker/dealers stitched together by RCS Capital chairman Nicholas Schorsch will profit by "synergy," or consolidating back office tasks. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
McBride & Roberts |
The Presidents Speak Recruiting and building margins are top challenges for independent broker/dealers today. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005 |
By the Numbers Top 10 Broker/Dealers, by Advisor Headcount: Merrill Lynch... Wachovia... Smith Barney... Morgan Stanley... etc. |
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
March 2009
James J. Green |
Editor's Note: For Your Consideration RIAs and broker/dealers are more alike than they are different, and it's always better to merge from strength than weakness. |
Investment Advisor
May 2006
Murphy & Green |
Breaking Away As the number of breakaway brokers continues to rise, broker/dealers and custodians have implemented programs designed to make the broker's transition to independence as seamless as possible. |
Registered Rep.
March 8, 2011
Diana Britton |
IBDs Dress Up Offerings For Hybrids Independent broker-dealers have lately been ramping up their efforts to attract hybrid advisors. |
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
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
Migration Time Is repapering accounts for 202(a) the last straw for wirehouse reps? |
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. |
Investment Advisor
October 2008
James J. Green |
Is Consolidation Finally Here? Several recent deals for mid-sized independent broker/dealers raises the question. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2005
Namita Devidayal |
The Not-So-Quiet Company In grammatical terms, a word with the letters ING at the end is a gerund, a verb masquerading as a noun. Fitting, then, that the Dutch financial services firm that goes by those letters would have a mysterious side. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
February 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
A Matter of Life and Health For many advisors who are affiliated with independent broker/dealers and either running, or employed by, a small business, health insurance coverage can be expensive and sometimes elusive. That may be changing. |
Registered Rep.
March 31, 2015
Diana Britton |
Do You Consider Yourself a Fiduciary? A survey of broker dealers on this question. |
Financial Advisor
February 2012 |
Cetera Buys Genworth's Tax And Accounting Unit Genworth's tax and accounting financial advisory unit, Genworth Financial Investment Services, was sold last month to Cetera Financial Group, an independent broker/dealer network serving approximately 5,000 financial advisors. |
Investment Advisor
June 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
Interesting Times Independent broker/dealers find opportunity in the face of changing winds. |
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
June 2006
Green & Murphy |
Recruiting Wars: Freedom and Culture The underlying dilemma of independent broker/dealers and their reps -- interdependence versus independence -- is one of the main dynamics in play when it comes to recruiting reps. |
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. |
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
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 23, 2012
Diana Britton |
Amid Hartford Split, Woodbury's 1,600 Reps Face Tough Choice The Hartford announced plans to sell its life insurance and retirement businesses, as well as Woodbury Financial Services, the firm's independent broker/dealer, leaving Woodbury's 1,600 reps faced with the tough choice: Find another broker/dealer or stick around and see who the new owners will be. |
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. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Jennifer A. Liptow |
On the Job Who's going where, when: Stuart Rogers has been named senior vice president of corporate... John Kennedy has joined New York-based AXA Distributors as senior vice president... etc. |
Registered Rep.
February 4, 2013
Diana Britton |
Faking It: Our Third-Annual IBD Report Card Survey The economics of the IBD business haven't changed; independent b/ds are up against it. They're faced with rising regulatory costs and a greater demand for technology investment to stay competitive. |
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
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. |
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
March 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
An Independent Voice The Financial Services Institute kicked off its annual conference at Disney World with the group's new chair, John Simmers, CEO of ING Advisors Network, introducing an ambitious agenda for 2007. |
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. |
