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On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Gallant & Schneider	Navigating The Retirement Business The demand for retirement income support will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years as the aging of the baby boom generation is inevitable.
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.
Registered Rep. November 7, 2011 Diana Britton	Ladenburg Thalmann's Acquisition of Securities America a Done Deal Ladenburg Thalmann has closed the deal to acquire independent broker/dealer Securities America from Ameriprise Financial.
Financial Advisor June 2007 Sherri Scordo	Indepedent Broker-Dealers/Financial Advisor's 2007 Snapshot of Leading Firms Advantage Capital Corporation... AIG Financial Advisors... American General Securities, Inc... etc.
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.
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
Registered Rep. August 17, 2011 Diana Britton	SAI Sale to Ladenburg Mostly a Positive for Reps--Depends on Retention Packages Ameriprise Financial's sale of Securities America to Ladenburg Thalmann is mostly a positive for the firm's rep base.
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Who's Planning? A study by Boston-based AiteGroup found that only 18% of independent advisors make financial planning the center of their practice.
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 March 2009 Melanie Waddell	Cover Story: Patience In the quest to generate retirement income for their clients, many advisors relied on their investing-for-accumulation roots, and therefore were not focused on retirement income planning.
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca	Survivor Island Firms that endured the worst of the financial crisis and lived to tell about it.
Investment Advisor June 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	Consolidate and Refer Fidelity Investments introduced a report showing that advisors who offer retirement income planning services have found that their clients are more satisfied, consolidate more assets with them, and provide more referrals for new business.
Investment Advisor January 2007 Ivanova & Kahler	The ABCs Of Retirees To meet the needs of retiree clients, financial advisors will need to beef up their knowledge not only of investment-related retirement issues, but also non-investment areas.
Registered Rep. June 23, 2011 Diana Britton	Ladenburg Thalmann Possible Buyer in Securities America Sale Ladenburg Thalmann, parent company of Triad Advisors and Investacorp, has emerged as a potential buyer of Securities America, which Ameriprise Financial announced plans to sell in late April.
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.
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 Advisor March 2012	Keeping Up In An Evolving Space Scalability. Profit pressures. Self-directed investing. Increased use of mobile applications. These are some of the trends to watch in the financial advisor industry in coming months.
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.
Financial Advisor March 2011 Bruce W. Fraser	Stand And Deliver Yes, you can grow income as a retirement income specialist. Find out how.
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Philip Palaveev	Be Careful What You Wish For Understanding the advisor and independent broker-dealer relationship.
Investment Advisor September 2006 Mark Tibergien	Formulas for Success: Bust of Boom? Financial advisors need to adjust their practices as baby boomer clients age.
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Jack W. Callahan	Embrace Change Advisors have to adapt their practices to accommodate retiring clients.
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.
Investment Advisor April 2006 Melanie Waddell	Catch Up How financial advisors can meet the challenge of keeping pace with their clients' retirement needs in a changing world.
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Howard J. Stock	Talent Shortage Grips Firms As Financial Advisors Age After years of recruiting only established, top advisors in the so-called "war for talent" instead of hiring younger employees and training them, the industry is now facing a shortage.
On Wall Street September 1, 2008 Parisi & Leung	Are You Prepared for the Retirement Boom? Meeting the retirement and estate planning needs of the baby boomer generation represents today's greatest growth opportunity for financial advisors. But are advisors ready for it?
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn	All Systems Go Clients and income hold steady in the financial services industry.
Financial Planning January 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell	Who's Afraid of Social Media? Social media compliance is a subject that elicits a range of reactions from planners, from groans to cautious, curious questions.
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Financial Planning May 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca	The Road Ahead Securities America's executive team seems to view its stellar growth with a mix of pride, and a small degree of hesitation.
Registered Rep. April 8, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Investors Don't Understand Retirement Income Providers of income securities for retirees and those close to retiring may have their work cut out for them.
Registered Rep. February 25, 2011 Diana Britton	Financial Advisors Must Prepare For Coming Retirement Advice Boom As Baby Boomers retire, and switch gears from asset accumulation to asset distribution, advisors are going to have to become more sophisticated and efficient in their delivery of financial advice
Financial Advisor July 2011 Shelley A. Lee	Passing The Torch According to the old African proverb, it takes a village to raise a child. The same sentiment could be applied to "raising" a network of advisors. But what happens when the village elders retire?
Investment Advisor October 2007 Lauren Barack	The Longevity Race People are living longer. Software makers are helping advisors figure out how to make clients' portfolios last longer, too.
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.
Investment Advisor February 2009 Angela Herbers	Advisor, Heal Thyself Good advice to advisors these days is that they revise their own financial plans.
Registered Rep. July 21, 2006 Kristen French	Advisors Not Filling High-Net-Worth Retirement Needs, Survey Says Although few high-net-worth investors are prepared for the kind of retirement they expect, advisors continue to focus on wealth accumulation at the expense of long-term financial planning.
Financial Advisor August 2007 Tracey Longo	What's Your Retirement Brand? Unless you're branding yourself a retirement income planning specialist and it's clear in clients' minds you're going to do retirement income planning for them, your client relationships honestly may be in peril.
Investment Advisor January 2010 Melanie Waddell	Retirement Planning: Retirement Income a Riddle Advisors are still searching for best method to deliver retirement income.
Investment Advisor June 2009 Lewis Schiff	The Affluentialist: Best Practices for Retirement Planning According to an in depth survey of experienced advisors who devoted a significant portion of their practices to retirement planning, demands from clients are driving the evolution of retirement services.
Investment Advisor January 2007 Savita Iyer	DC Advisor-Sponsor Matchmaker The relative lack of corporate advisors is a result of inertia on the part of plan sponsors; despite pronouncing themselves dissatisfied with their retirement plans, plan sponsors do not take the easy step of finding a new advisor.
Investment Advisor September 2005 Greg Salsbury	Harvest Time As Americans live longer, advisors need to switch their emphasis from accumulating assets to making existing assets last.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Banking on Wealth Management The oldest baby boomers hit 60 next year, so now is as good a time as any to assess whether you're truly providing the wealth management services that your existing clients, and prospective ones, need. Help from a broker/dealer, consultant, or a colleague is well within your reach.
Financial Planning June 1, 2013 Ann Marsh	FP50: Big IBDs Hit a Speed Bump Is the boom over? After years of double-digit growth, independent broker-dealers hit a rough patch in 2012. We report from the front lines of the FP50.
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad	Advisor Pulse Financial planners are working hard to meet the needs of their retiring clients. But according to a recent survey, they might be doing so at their own expense.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Gail Liberman	War Breaks Out For Wirehouse Brokers The economic crisis on Wall Street, among many other things, is causing wirehouse brokers to reconsider the value proposition offered by the giant financial service firms.
Investment Advisor September 2009 Lewis Schiff	The Affluentialist: Building Retirement Portfolios Now Few advisors use a cookie cutter approach to retirement income support.
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.