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Registered Rep. April 7, 2011 Kristen French |
Switching To Independent Model Keeps Up Pace Migration to the independent financial advisor model -- independent b/ds and RIAs -- is likely to continue unabated in 2011. |
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. |
Registered Rep. June 3, 2015 Megan Leonhardt |
Compensation Survey 2015: How Advisors Stack Up Advisors whose business mix leans more toward fees make almost twice as much as those who still lean heavily toward commissions, according to data collected in WealthManagement.com's compensation survey. |
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. September 11, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Survey Says: Wall Street Advisors Going...Wait For It...Independent! Wall Street wirehouse firms are expected to see a net loss of $188 billion in client assets to other channels in the industry, including RIAs, independent broker/dealers and regional b/ds. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2012 |
Women Advisors Forum/Boston: Upgrade Your Practice If you're a woman with an advisory career - either at an RIA, a wirehouse, a regional brokerage or a bank - this forum is your opportunity to rub elbows with other high-ranking women advisors. |
Registered Rep. September 24, 2013 Mindy Diamond |
Peeking Over the Fence Is the grass really greener -- and growing faster -- on the other side? Many advisors don't know how limited they are in their growth until they start exploring other options. |
On Wall Street May 1, 2012 Bill Willis |
The Bank Perspective A growing number of wirehouse advisors are showing more interest in bank brokerage programs today. |
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt |
(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience. |
Investment Advisor May 2009 Kelli Cruz |
Walk On The trend of wirehouse advisors joining the independent RIA channel has ramped up significantly in the last several years, and is only increasing in the wake of Wall Street's epic meltdown. |
Registered Rep. May 26, 2010 Jerry Gleeson |
Bonuses No Balm For Some Breakaway-Minded Brokers Paying retention bonuses to top brokers to keep them from jumping ship is a pricey strategy that only works some of the time, a report released today by Aite Group shows. |
Registered Rep. May 13, 2009 Christina Mucciolo |
Wall Street Squeezes Small Brokers, Many Go Independent In this brutal market, many advisors are taking payout cuts or being let go. But many of these advisors are finding homes at independent and regional b/ds and RIA firms. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 Stephanie Bogan |
The Rule of Influentuals A new survey shows that advisors are not proactive when it comes to drumming up clients, which means there's a wealth of untapped opportunity out there. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Grove & Prince |
Staying Connected If financial advisors need yet another reminder about the importance of contacting clients, here it is: In our study of affluent investors conducted in late October, almost half of the respondents said they had changed primary advisors in the last year, often citing lack of contact. |
Registered Rep. March 12, 2010 Mindy Diamond |
Break Back Brokers Over the last six months, an interesting reverse shift is occurring: the RIA or independent b/d advisor who wants to return to (or go to for the first time) a wirehouse firm. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2011 Jonathan Beatty |
Joining Forces Does your firm have the human resources infrastructure to recruit and integrate a new advisor or team of advisors? |
Registered Rep. February 16, 2010 Mindy Diamond |
Recruiting Bonuses Are Still Strong TD Ameritrade, Schwab, Fidelity and Pershing are all reporting that their pipelines of interested advisors is more robust than ever in their collective histories. |
On Wall Street February 1, 2011 Carri Degenhardt-Burke |
The Year Of The Wirehouse If you are serious about growing your business, get to a wirehouse! And if you just left, go back. It's been a long-standing notion that financial advisors perform better within the wirehouse system. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2011 Bill Willis |
Is Now The Time to Head to Wirehouses? The demise of the wirehouse has been greatly exaggerated. For years, pundits have forecast that a torrent of wirehouse advisors will go independent. But, from where I sit, this torrent has turned out to be a trickle. |
Registered Rep. November 21, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Why Wirehouse FAs Pass on the RIA Path Independence is appealing to a growing number of wirehouse advisors, but the RIA route clearly has some challenges for most of them. |
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. August 11, 2009 Kristen French |
Wirehouse to Wirehouse Switching Sinks Fewer and fewer financial advisors are leaving one wirehouse for another. Instead, they are heading to independent, regional and institutional firms. |
Registered Rep. March 22, 2013 Mindy Diamond |
Of Myths and Moving: Part IV When it comes to preconceived notions about the wirehouse world and independence, many advisors have it all wrong. Here are the five most common myths advisors have today. |
Registered Rep. July 7, 2010 David A. Geracioti |
Compensation 2010. Crisis? What Crisis? 2009 income for RIAs -- while lower than 2008, in some cases by a lot -- rebounded fairly nicely, bringing earnings back to 2007 levels. |
Investment Advisor September 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Not So Fast Cerulli Associates data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond |
What Size Pond? It is important for advisors to find a firm that is a good fit for their particular goals. In many cases, small firms work well. For advisors looking to expand their books aggressively, larger firms are often -- but not always -- a good option. |
On Wall Street February 1, 2010 Carri Degenhardt-Burke |
Guide to Increasing Your Business For one thing, advisors need a dynamic branch manager to help them grow their business in tough times. |
Registered Rep. November 26, 2012 Mindy Diamond |
Advisors Sober Up For 2013 While the trend toward independence slowed a bit from previous years, 2012 was the year the independent channel legitimized its place next to the more traditional players. |
Registered Rep. February 28, 2013 Mindy Diamond |
You Have Chosen... Wisely These days, advisors have more choices than ever when it comes to business models, making the decision that much more difficult. Which one best suits you? |
Registered Rep. September 3, 2009 Mindy Diamond |
Talking To Clients About Breaking Away Here are some starting points for advisors to begin a conversation with clients about deciding to establish themselves as an RIA or joining an existing one. |
Registered Rep. June 4, 2013 Diana Britton |
Fading Bull Our annual compensation survey shows advisors are riding the market rally -- so what happens when it ends? |
Registered Rep. September 22, 2008 John Churchill |
Wall Street's Pain Is RIAs' Gain: Reps Flee Wirehouses, Bring Assets to Fido And Others Despite the still-outsized signing bonuses offered by most Wall Street firms, the steady trickle of brokers leaving wirehouse firms to join or form their own RIA firms is growing. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell |
Going for Growth As RIAs gear up to grow their practices this year, they are doing more than scooping up unhappy wirehouse clients. They have identified three major strategies: increase spending on marketing, more technology, and improve client service. |
Financial Advisor June 2009 Jeff Schlegel |
Money In Motion The economic crisis has wreaked havoc on wirehouses, and more advisors are looking for new opportunities. |
Registered Rep. April 29, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Wirehouse Advisors Switch Firms in March The number of reps switching broker/dealers during the month was up 34 percent versus the number who switched in February. |
Registered Rep. June 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt |
Compensation Survey 2015: The Slowly Disappearing Commission Moving from a commission-based business to one based on fees, advocates argue, removes conflicts and puts advisors on the same side of the table as their clients. |
Registered Rep. April 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
Compensation Key To Breakaway Recruiting Pitch RIA principals and consultants discuss strategies for wooing and hiring advisors from various different kinds of firms. |
Registered Rep. January 25, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
LPL's New RIA Platform Rakes in Assets Since launching the platform in October 2008 through the end of 2009, the firm gathered $7.3 billion in assets. |
Registered Rep. May 17, 2011 Kristen French |
For Quantum Growth, Wow Your 50 Top Clients Financial advisors should focus extra attention on their 50 best clients to achieve growth and build their "ideal" practice. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary |
Creating an Escape Plan Independence has long been a dream of many wirehouse reps. But for the great majority of wirehouse pros, it remains simply that. Going independent is a proposition fraught with peril and is not to be taken lightly. |
Registered Rep. October 8, 2015 Megan Leonhardt |
Breakaway Advisors Moving More to Existing RIAs More advisors are looking to leave the wirehouses and brokerages by joining an existing registered investment advisory firm, rather than starting their own. |
Registered Rep. January 5, 2011 Mindy Diamond |
Lining Up Your Pros And Cons The following is a list of some of the pain points advisors who want to leave their firm often describe. |
Registered Rep. January 6, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
Wirehouse FAs Switching B/Ds Slows The number of wirehouse advisors switching broker/dealers has been in steep decline since June. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2012 Mindy Diamond |
Lost In Translation Different languages: How communication gaps can kill recruiting for advisory firms. |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep. March 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt |
Rep as Portfolio Manager Wirehouse and national firms are the most likely to offer advisor-directed platforms, followed by the bank and independent broker/dealer channels. |
Registered Rep. December 2, 2008 Halah Touryalai |
RIA Consolidators Going After Wirehouse Reps RIA holding companies are opening their arms to welcome wirehouse advisors, but only the cream of the crop: those who have significant assets under management and heavily fee-based books. |
Financial Advisor May 2004 Raymond Fazzi |
Niche Players Provide More Choices For Advisors Many are trying hard to differentiate themselves---and are succeeding. |
Registered Rep. December 16, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Wirehouse Switching Slows in Second Half of 2009 In November, just 177 advisors in the wirehouse channel switched firms, the smallest monthly number all year, according to Discovery Database. |