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Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
Britt Erica Tunick |
Roll-Up Queen As chairman, chief executive and president of National Financial Partners, Jessica Bibliowicz has done such a good job leading her company that some people wonder whether the eight-year-old firm might have peaked already.   |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
Open Season NFP Securities says it will become the first independent broker-dealer to offer hybrid advisors a single platform with complete open architecture, empowering advisors to ally with any major custodian they choose. |
Registered Rep.
July 12, 2012
Diana Britton |
Growing Pains, or Prosperity? National Financial Partners announced its acquisition of Fusion Advisor Network Thursday morning. The question is, can NFP turn Fusion's high-end, consultative approach into higher production for its reps? |
Financial Advisor
February 2005
David J. Drucker |
National Financial Partners ... Six Years Later The synergies and economies of scale offered by NFP affiliation isn't lost on its acquired firms. NFP stock has done well because investors see the synergy NFP is creating. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2006
Anne Field |
The Metamorphosis If you are ready to go out on your own as a registered investment advisor, you're likely to encounter a host of tricky problems and stumbling blocks. Here's a look at five of those problems and what you can do about them. |
Registered Rep.
May 19, 2014 |
The Top Six Reasons Advisors Won't Use Social Media Based on our survey of 447 advisors sponsored by NFP, we broke down the challenges that firms face in their efforts to adopt a social strategy. |
Financial Advisor
July 2012
Bernie Clark |
The RIA Universe Advisors should look not just at their own internal business practices but also at the changes and trends occurring across the RIA field. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell |
Hybrid's New Groove Registered investment advisor firms looking for ways to expand their businesses might try turning to broker-dealers for a boost. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Bob Clark |
Who's Your Daddy? Philip Palaveev's new gig as president of Fusion Advisor Network foreshadows the future of independent advice. |
Registered Rep.
September 27, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Want More Prospecting Time? Integrate Your Tech, Study Says The cost of inefficient technology integration at registered investment advisor practices may be more than you would think. |
Registered Rep.
June 22, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Focus Financial Acquires Two More Firms The New York wealth-management roll-up continued its spectacular growth by adding two more firms to its collection. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2003 |
Ten To Watch 2003 The members of our "Ten to Watch" list are among those saddled with having to manage in this tough environment. What makes this group different is that each member has proven influential enough to play some role in creating the securities industry's environment for the year to come. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2004 |
Independent Thinker An interview with New York-based National Financial Partners chairman and CEO Jessica Bibliowicz about her firm's success so far, the inherent dangers in the current regulatory environment and the advantages of being debt-free. |
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
January 2008 |
Changes National Financial Partners named Daniel Young president and COO of NFP Securities, Inc., NFP's broker/dealer... The Securities and Exchange Commission named John Loesch deputy director of the agency's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy... etc. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2007 |
Best of Both Worlds Stuart Silverman's "hybrid" business model for a broker/dealers designed to make the transition to independence more seamless. |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
A Lifestyle Choice REP.'s recent "Practice Management" study shows that RIAs tend to use coaches less than counterparts in other channels. Are time and money constraints the reason? |
Financial Advisor
April 2008
Evan Simonoff |
The Big Chill While the financial advisor community and their clients have avoided most of the mortgage-related problems, advisory firms' merger and acquisition activity is suddenly becoming a victim of fixed-income market paralysis. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
A Match Made in Equity For financial-advisory practices, holding companies are making a come back after a flawed model forced them out of the market in the late 1990s. Now, new players have emerged and this time they're relying on private equity firms to help keep them in the game. |
Registered Rep.
March 31, 2015
Diana Britton |
Do You Consider Yourself a Fiduciary? A survey of broker dealers on this question. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
James J. Green |
Catching Up With... Jeff Montgomery shares his thoughts on what advisors are looking for these days from their asset managers. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2007
Erik Kolb |
Fighting The Brand X Syndrome How do independent advisors choose a broker/dealer firm to work for? Since most firms offer similar services, the decision usually comes down to "squishy" qualitative factors, like feel, culture and personal touch. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2004
Rich Smith |
For-Profit Educators' Holy Grail To frame the issue in terms more relevant to investors: H.R. 4283 would require public and private not-for-profit (NFP) universities to accept the transfer of credits from these for-profit educators, just as if they had been earned at the NFP school. |
Investment Advisor
September 2007 |
Changes Commissioner Roel Campos of the SEC announced that he intends to leave the Commission... Keith Gregg has been named president and co-CEO of independent broker/dealer First Allied Securities... etc. |
| 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 Advisor
April 2005 |
Frontline News 529 Plans Could Face New Restrictions... View Boomers As Four Separate Groups, Oppenheimer Says... Teslik Discusses CFP Board Changes... New Challenges For Pension Funds... NFP Acquires Highland Capital... etc. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2011
James L. Poer |
Smooth Operator Many investment advisors are missing the possibility of growing their businesses, increasing client face time and saving on staffing costs. All it takes is a forward shift in how they employ technology. |
Financial Advisor
June 2011
Evan Simonoff |
RIA M&A Game Changes A rebound in revenues and assets has not translated into higher valuations for RIA firms or an increase in M&A activity. |
Investment Advisor
June 2007
Bob Clark |
The Art of the Deal Advisors who don't understand where those astronomical practice values are coming from are doomed to get what they deserve. |
