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Registered Rep. December 1, 2002 David A. Gaffen	Manning the Phones When wirehouses and other major brokerages introduced the notion of call centers a couple of years ago, brokers were suspicious. Although they understood the logic behind the move, it was a difficult adjustment. But call centers are here to stay and brokers are learning to live with them.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Are These Investments Worth the Risk? Trading futures directly has pros and cons.
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 Alan J. Foxman	Dueling Investigators Advisor Q&A: Why must agencies duplicate investigatory efforts?... Should I worry about reps picking up bad habits from old firms?...
Registered Rep. April 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Your Book or Your Life! What would you do if you lost your book? Where would you turn for new customers? Where could you be hired? Those are questions that keep many advisors up at night.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2006 Kristen French	Pru Agrees to $600 Million Market-Timing Settlement Prudential Equity Group admitted to criminal wrongdoing in connection with the market-timing practices of a number of its brokers between 1999 and June, 2003.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Ross Tucker	Payback Time During the heady days of the bull market brokers found themselves lured to other firms by big upfront bonuses, in the form of forgivable loans. Unable to maintain prior production rates under worsening market conditions, many have lost their jobs and their clients. Now their firms want to collect on those loans.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 Will Leitch	The Rep's Ugly Friend As the industry continues its inexorable march toward "wealth management," advisors have had to add new tools to their workbenches. Among all of them, reps seem to have the most trouble getting comfortable with life insurance.
Registered Rep. August 10, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Fleeing Brokers Can Take Some Client Info Three of the nation's largest brokerage firms have agreed to make it easier for registered reps to take clients with them when they change firms, eliminating a lot of the cloak-and-dagger antics that brokers often suffer when making a move.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2004 Bill Singer	When Silence Isn't Golden Reps may not inhibit customers or other parties from providing information, documents or testimony or from cooperating otherwise with a regulator in an investigation of alleged violations, even after a settlement.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Brokers Fear Arbitration... With arbitration cases on the rise, many brokers are worried about the prospect of being dragged through a legal process that, because of the current environment, some believe is heavily slanted toward the client.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Brokers for Expert Investors Have you outgrown your brokerage account? When you're just getting started with investing, comparing brokerage firms is pretty easy. But when you go beyond the basics, you need a broker who provides more.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 John Churchill	Brokers Called Up for Active Duty Face Licensing Headaches, Book-Poaching Colleagues For registered rep reservists serving in one of the nation's armed forces, coming home and returning to the job is soon to get a lot easier. Of course, the NASD says there is nothing it can do to prevent colleagues from stealing a GI advisor's book.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 David A. Geracioti	A Whole New Ball Game Financial advisors who grew accustomed to the little, and sometimes not so little, treats that mutual fund wholesalers lavish on them may have noticed a certain lack of swag lately.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Janet C. Arrowood	Calling in a Specialist For reps wishing to sell more insurance, there is an option: leaning more heavily on an insurance specialist. Insurance is something that most clients need, and by supplying them with it, the advisor is fulfilling the most important part of his calling.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Raymond Fazzi	Disclose, Baby, Disclose Firms such as Schwab, Fidelity, LPL and Raymond James have made no secret of their desire to take advantage of the distress on Wall Street by luring top producers from Merrill Lynch and other troubled wirehouses.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Emil Lee	OptionsXpress Is in the Money There's a lot to like at this online broker. High pre-tax margins, the highest average commissions, and the highest pre-tax profit are a few of them.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2002 David A. Gaffen	Light A Candle, or Curse the Darkness For brokers and financial advisors, 2002 may be remembered as the year in which those who knew they had the right stuff redoubled their efforts to elevate their skills and become the kind of advisors who could survive the bear market and build a 21st century practice.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Dinosaurs Roaming the Earth The days of a mutual fund wholesaler coming in, talking about performance and making light banter are mostly over. In fact, some asset managers are rethinking how the wholesaling process should look, from the ground up.
Registered Rep. October 20, 2006	Growing Pains AS tenant-in-common properties continue to flood the market, the industry is clearly working to boost demand for its product. One goal is to bring more licensed broker/dealers to the table. Another option is to broaden the target client base.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Andre Cappon	Okay, Team, Listen Up! Whether some reps like to acknowledge it, the branch office manager is vital to the success of a given branch.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Ross Tucker	Let's See Those Credentials For the thousands of reps who have found themselves unemployed since industry employment peaked in 2000, the matter of retaining one's license to sell securities is a potential issue.
Registered Rep. January 15, 2007 John Churchill	Schwab Pays Up to Move Reps Schwab Institutional, the independent investment advisor arm of Charles Schwab, announced that it plans to offer start-up loans to registered reps who leave their firm to affiliate with Schwab's independent network.
Registered Rep. April 28, 2005 John Churchill	NASD Sends Older Reps Back to the Classroom All registered reps are required to complete the regulatory sections of the NASD's continuing education curriculum. According to the Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education, there are currently 109,000 exempted reps that will now have to take the test.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Nicholas Ferber	Switching Has Changed During trying times like these, many reps are looking to switch jobs. When pondering a move, no question occupies more time or discussion between brokers, hiring managers and (sometimes) recruiters than the following: "What's in it for me?"
The Motley Fool October 17, 2011 Evan Niu	Chuck Talks to Profits Charles Schwab puts up a solid quarter and keeps waiting for rates to rise.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Steve Testerman	The Hiring Drought Might Be Ending With so many laid-off securities workers still looking for new employment, the burning question is: "When is it going to get better?" A recent survey by BrokerHunter.com offers some clues. It's good news if you're a retail broker; if you're a sales assistant of a retail broker, not so much.
Registered Rep. March 17, 2003 Will Leitch	Unfair Disclosure For The Broker? In a little-publicized move, the NASD has formed a Public Information Review Initiative, which would radically expand investors' access to information about brokers.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 John Kador	Schwab Does It Again Charles Schwab, the pioneering discount broker who was slammed by the tech wreck and suffered through protracted management struggles in the past two years, is beating the wirehouses at their own game.
Registered Rep. September 25, 2002 Rick Weinberg	The Axe Falls at DB Alex. Brown Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown yesterday began laying off employees.
Wall Street & Technology May 30, 2007 Paul Allen	U.S. Institutes Risk-Based Portfolio Margining Risk-based portfolio margining rules in the U.S. will likely produce significantly lower margin requirements for many investors.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Discount Broker, Expensive Stock Charles Schwab is back on track, but the stock isn't cheap. Investors, paying too much for the stock of a discount broker seems to really defeat the whole purpose.
Registered Rep. September 3, 2003 David Gaffen	NASD: Brokers With Complaints Need A Watchful Eye Heed the red flags. This is the thrust of a new NASD proposal that would require brokerage houses to devote extra supervision to reps with extensive numbers of complaints or regulatory actions against them.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Check Out Your Broker A redesigned website tells you what you need to know before you invest.
Registered Rep. February 2, 2006 Kristen French	Brokers Learning to Play by New Rules It's no longer business as usual on Wall Street. Starting yesterday, broker/dealers must follow a new SEC rule that requires them to disclose at certain times that they may not be acting in their clients' best interest.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Who You Trade With Does Matter It's easy to think that one broker fits all, but nothing could be further from the truth. Take the time to get to know your brokerage options. Only then will you have the knowledge base to make your best choice.
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Investment Advisor December 2005 Melanie Waddell	Breaking Away Brokers are finding it easier than ever to go independent, aided by custodians and other independent advisors.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2004 Stan Luxenberg	Chucked! If Charles Schwab cannot soon deliver on its goal of reaching all kinds of customers, then perhaps the board will insist on another change, this time moving the company back to its model of the 1990s, when Schwab was clearly a discount broker.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pay Less for Your Stock Trades Schwab slashes its equity commissions.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Will Leitch	Institutional Unit Is Schwab's Bright Spot With the job cuts, branch closings and refocusing currently under way at Charles Schwab & Co., there's one area that seems to be safe. Schwab's Institutional unit isn't going anywhere.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	Schwab Advisors Too Independent? Charles Schwab was slapped with a $1 million fine for failing to protect customer assets from a check-kiting scam engineered by its affiliated-but-independent registered investment advisors.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005	The Cost of Compliance Q: My current firm recently hired a non-licensed wholesaler to begin marketing our mutual fund family. What liability do I have, given that the wholesaler is not licensed?
Financial Advisor May 2006 Louis Stanasolovich	Managed Futures: Worth A Look Most financial advisors and the general public have little knowledge of managed futures as an investable asset class, but they offer a way to increase returns and diversification in a long-term bear market.
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Investment Advisor December 2005 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Professional Courtesy Can financial planners become professionals? After the first 25 years, the jury's still out.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 John Kador	Why Wall St. Hates Charles Schwab Charles Schwab: How One Company Beat Wall Street and Reinvented the Brokerage Industry is the first full-length book about Schwab by an independent writer.
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