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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.
April 26, 2011
Diana Britton |
Ameriprise Profits Rise on Record Advisor Productivity The firm reported its best quarterly advisor productivity ever at $95,000, up 23 percent from 2010. |
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.
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. |
Registered Rep.
October 27, 2011
Diana Britton |
Ameriprise Profits, FA Productivity Down Amid Solid Recruiting Quarter Ameriprise Financial has been steadily improving the productivity of its advisors since the firm set its sights on this goal over a year ago - until now. |
Registered Rep.
July 27, 2006
Kristen French |
Ameriprise FAs, Without American Express, Gain New Assets, Improve Average Production by Double Digits So far, Ameriprise seems to be doing just fine without the backing of its former parent company. The firm had a good second quarter, meeting analyst expectations, enjoying strong asset flows, improving advisor productivity and increasing its mass affluent client base |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Kristen French |
The Ameriprise Challenge Formerly known as American Express Financial Advisors, the firm officially struck out on its own when it debuted on the NYSE. Ameriprise is one of the largest financial advisory firms, with more than 10,500 financial advisors and over $410 billion in assets. Still it's got a lot to prove. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2005
Kristen French |
You're Calling It What!??? After several months of deliberations and input from all 18,000 of its employees, the soon-to-be-spun-off American Express Financial Advisors selected as its new name: Ameriprise. |
Investment Advisor
May 1, 2011
Janet Levaux |
Securities America Denies Charges of Departing Reps Anonymous sources insist advisors are leaving or planning to leave the firm |
Financial Advisor
January 2012
Bruce W. Fraser |
Full Steam Ahead What could have been a sad chapter for Securities America now seems to be a new lease on life for the firm. |
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.
April 25, 2011
Diana Britton |
Ameriprise to Shed Securities America Amid Pending Settlement The company plans to sell its independent broker/dealer unit Securities America, while the firm is still in the process of finalizing a settlement with investors claiming SAI sold allegedly fraudulent private placement. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Stay Wachovia's not the first firm to offer multiple affiliation options to its reps -- Raymond James has offered something similar for several years -- but it is the first wirehouse-type brokerage house to do so. Ultimately, the model could serve as a blueprint for the retail advisory business. |
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. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2013 |
Ameriprise's Don Froude: 'Take Care of My Family' For the head of Ameriprise Financial s Personal Advisors Group, the ultimate compliment is to have a client turn to his planner in time of crisis. |
Registered Rep.
March 17, 2011
Diana Britton |
Securities America Faces Settlement Hearing Friday; Legal Liabilities Up in the Air Securities America will face a federal court judge to decide whether the independent broker/dealer gets preliminary approval for a $21 million settlement agreement related to private placements sold by the company. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
Tracey Longo |
Swimming Upstream California investment advisor John Threlkeld has been working diligently to serve wealthier and wealthier investors, even purchasing two other advisors' practices and turning all but his top clients over to a junior planner. |
Financial Advisor
July 2006
Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Climbing A Stairway To Heaven As boomers age and spend their savings, financial advisors will need to adapt their practices. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell |
Ready to Commit Omaha, Neb.-based Securities America is one of Ameriprise's five broker-dealer subsidiaries. That Ameriprise, based in Minneapolis, announced its intention in March to sell the independent broker-dealer without a buyer lined up is also unusual. |
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.
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2007
Kathy Gevlin |
Advisor Pulse The happiest financial advisors really do put their clients first, asserts the first study of advisor satisfaction. |
Registered Rep.
July 16, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
A Mixed Second Quarter for Merrill, Schwab Second-quarter earnings results posted today by Merrill Lynch and Charles Schwab Corp. offered a mixed picture to financial advisors hoping for a stronger recovery. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011 |
Frontline News Advisors Using Fewer Asset Managers... The New CFPs... Avoid The Analyst Herd... etc. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2006
Russ Alan Prince |
Rep's Honor Here is how wealth management readily translates into additional assets under management for financial advisers and what they can do reach this target market. |
Registered Rep.
October 24, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Ameriprise Branches Face Potential Fines for Fake Financial Plans Ameriprise Financial Services has long been accused of possessing a culture that's more concerned with sales commissions than compliance. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Stephanie Bogan |
Growth: Realizing Your Potential To build your advisory practice into what you dream it will be, you need to see it clearly and then think like a businessperson, streamline operations and market yourself. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
5 Questions with Melaine Kimmel Five questions about Kaplan Financial, which provides education and compliance solutions for financial professionals, advisors, agents, registered reps, and their supervisors. |
Registered Rep.
April 28, 2011
Diana Britton |
Securities America Likely To Sell At Discount Ameriprise needs to find a buyer for Securities America in a hurry. Many advisors, including large producers, are likely to leave the firm, especially between now and the time a buyer emerges, sources told Registered Rep. |
| Registered Rep. |
The Top 30 Independent Broker/Dealers in 2015 The list below is comprised of the 30 largest IBDs ranked by average assets under management per advisor, as of 2014. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2012
Scott Wenger |
Looking to the Future: Securities America Wants to be a Leader in Retirement Income Distribution The author has a question and answer session with Securities America CEO Jim Nagengast |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2012
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Elite Advisors' Best Practices: What Makes for a Successful Planner How do the best financial planners become successful? Developing a vision and a plan for your business takes focus, collaboration and consistency. And it s how the best performers enhance their success. |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas. |
Registered Rep.
November 21, 2014
Anne Field |
Plug And Play? Matthew Westhoff and his partners have a successful practice and want to expand it by letting other advisors plug into their operation. How can they structure a competitive contract and attract qualified candidates? |
Registered Rep.
August 17, 2011 |
Ladenburg Thalmann to Buy Securities America Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. has agreed to buy Securities America Financial Corp., the troubled independent broker/dealer, from Ameriprise Financial Inc. for at least $150 million in cash. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2010
Stephanie Bogan |
Building Value It seems clear that anticipated growth from baby boomers, an aging advisor population, and increasing interest in mergers and acquisitions will likely make building and realizing value the defining practice managment issue of the next decade. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
Chris Radford |
Choices in Bad Times While a recessionary market is a trying time for any advisor, it's also a great opportunity to preserve your current clients and grow your business. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2012
Diana Britton |
Ladenburg Thalmann Revenue Doubles Thanks to SAI acquisition, But Profits Are Slim The spike was primarily due to the company's acquisition of Securities America, adding $57.1 million to Ladenburg's 2011 revenue. Net income for the quarter was $6.4 million, compared to a net loss of $1.1 million for the fourth quarter 2010. |
Registered Rep.
July 14, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Financial Advisor Switching Firms Jumps in June June was a busy month for financial advisors on the move. The number of advisors switching firms jumped 45 percent in June versus May, according to Discovery Database. |
Investment Advisor
October 2010
Angela Herbers |
Show Yourself the Money Advisors need to learn to pay themselves first |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Trolling for 401(k) Treasure Congress is expected to enact new pension legislation that would make it easier for financial advisors to work with participants in company retirement programs. |
Financial Advisor
July 2004
Tracey Longo |
Clearing Firms Come Courting With clearing industry players so clearly targeting advisors, competition for advisor business is likely to get even more interesting very soon. |
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Melanie Waddell |
A New Benchmarking Tool's in Town There's a new benchmarking tool that gives advisors a snapshot of what competitors and colleagues in their backyards are up to: the FPA Scorecard. |
Financial Advisor
April 2005
Sydney LeBlanc |
Advisor And Manager: A Symbiotic Relationship Trust and respect are essential ingredients in establishing a lasting bond between a financial advisor and investment manager. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2011
Donald Jay Korn |
FP 50: Revenue Rising The money stream is flowing again: After two years of stagnant or, worse, shrinking revenue, the 50 largest independent broker-dealers report their annual revenues rebounded last year - significantly in many cases. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2010
Paul Menchaca |
Tale of a Tough Year What the numbers show: a dramatic seven-month stock market rally was not enough to help most of the top 50 broker-dealers counter the aftershocks of the financial crisis. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Steve Moore |
Less Is More To become a wealth manager, you may want to start with fewer clients. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2011 |
The Leaders Speak The most influential leaders in wealth management today expound on evolution, revolution, moving the debate past wirehouse versus independent, and more. |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Thomas D. Giachetti |
Dodd-Frank: An Overview Of Pending Changes For Investment Advisors Dodd-Frank deadlines are fast approaching. Are you ready? |
