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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. 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. April 1, 2009 Halah Touryalai	No Buyers--Still--For AIG-owned B/Ds AIG announced its plan to sell its independent broker/dealers back around October 2008. Six months later, nothing has changed except that reps we spoke to are even more frustrated. Some say they are ready to bolt.
Registered Rep. February 26, 2015 Matt Oechsli	The Marketing Budget of An Elite Financial Advisor For the general population of advisors, the question is how to mirror the relationship marketing activities of an elite financial advisor with only a fraction of the resources.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	A Crusade Against Indies? Regardless of whether going independent means a more regulatory scrutiny or not, advisors thinking of going out on their own need to understand just how much work such a move will entail in terms of keeping up with the ever-changing world of regulations.
On Wall Street January 1, 2009 Parisi & Leung	Friend or Foe? Getting the Most from Your Wholesaler A strong relationship between the advisor and wholesaler can expand business and create the best of client experiences.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Susan Konig	A Big Trade Off? For advisors looking for further independence through a registered investment advisory firm, compliance burdens can increase. Reps working under an independent b/d's umbrella RIA, also known as "dually registered" advisors, must comply with both NASD and SEC rules.
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	The Increasingly Happy Broker Generally speaking, the smaller the firm, the happier the broker, according to our fifth Independent Broker/Dealer Report Card survey.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004 Ilana Polyak	The Silent Strong Type American Funds tops the list of best-selling funds groups.
Registered Rep. May 17, 2011 Diana Britton	Advisors Promised the Moon, But Get Hard Cheese Most advisors said they had been recruited to a broker/dealer at one time or another based on promises that the firm later could not deliver on.
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.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	Going All the Way Across the country, registered rep employees of national broker/dealers daydream of chucking it all and going off on their own. But how far do you go? Which is the best model for keeping the most of what your business generates?
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Diana Britton	The Rare Prop Product In REP.'s fifth annual Independent Broker/Dealer Report Card, only 19 percent of 2,058 advisors surveyed said they sell in-house or proprietary products.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 David Gaffen	The Broker and Brand X Syndrome The commoditization of the brokerage industry might be easier for individual reps to deal with, were they not under such intense pressure in virtually every other aspect of their professional lives.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Outgrowing the SERIES 7 There is a coveted cohort of dually registered advisors who are dropping their Series 7 licenses and leaving their b/ds behind.
Financial Advisor September 2005 Bruce W. Fraser	How To Survive The SEC Assault Advisors cite a new, more demanding compliance environment. Despite the extra financial and time burden, many advisors feel much better about their businesses, having gone through the compliance process.
Registered Rep. July 29, 2013 Diana Britton	No Man Is an Island Independent broker/dealers are dressing up their offerings to attract and retain advisors tempted to start their own RIAs.
Registered Rep. April 24, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Raymond James Takes a 2Q Hit -- But Gains Retail Advisors Raymond James Financial posted dismal overall earnings for the second quarter, but its private client group appears to be a bright spot.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Pam Black	Why More Reps Are Getting Their Kicks on Route 66 What's driving top reps to Series 66 RIA designation is not regulatory rules. It's changes in the wirehouse environment that, newly minted RIAs say, made it harder for them to do their own thing.
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. November 5, 2012 Diana Britton	Defying the Odds It's orthodoxy that small IBDs won't be able to stay in business given the unprecedented increase in regulatory and technology costs. Yet some tiny firms are bucking the trend. Here's how they're doing it.
Investment Advisor August 2006 Melanie Waddell	High Definition A good number of financial advisors are making strides in perfecting their marketing techniques to help them stand out from their competition and attract new business.
Registered Rep. July 8, 2011 Lauren Barack	AIG's Advisor Group Kicks Open Door to Social Media For Reps Advisor Group will allow its more than 4,800 independent reps to, in many cases, post freely on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Kristen French	The Best of Both Worlds Advisors say the broker/dealer-RIA hybrid model gives them freedom to choose what products, services and fees are best for their clients.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2007	Practice Makes Perfect Many independent broker/dealers are shifting their drive for growth inward, developing programs to help advisors build their businesses, as well as attracting new talent with incentives such as sign-on bonuses.
Financial Advisor January 2004 Tracey Longo	Reversal Of Fortune Independent brokerage firms experienced a turnaround in 2003.
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. September 1, 2004 Anne Field	The Weight of Words It's a paradox confronting brokers all over the country: In a business climate that calls for ever-increasing advisor-client intimacy, financial professionals are measuring their words more carefully than ever.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007	Turf Wars Over Advice The age-old debate between the b/d and investment advisor (RIA) industries over who should be able to provide advice and when, and whose regulatory regime offers better investor protections, is far from over.
Financial Advisor June 2009 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Stepping It Up Broker-dealers are enhancing the technology they offer to advisors.
Investment Advisor June 2006 Kathleen M. McBride	Stretched For broker/dealers who are already stressed, dually registered advisors are a challenge being met in varied ways.
Registered Rep. June 16, 2011 Diana Britton	Securities America Jumps on the Social Media Bandwagon Independent broker/dealer Securities America announced its new social media program, which will allow all of its 1,800 reps to access and post content on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kristen French	Both Sides Now Brokers who hold dual licenses -- both the Series 7 and Series 65 licenses -- will have to take fiduciary responsibility on some accounts. But they can also sell investments, after they make it crystal clear that they're doing so.
Financial Advisor March 2008 Joel Bruckenstein	Kicking It Up A Notch Tech upgrades at some of the larger independent broker-dealers.
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.
Financial Advisor April 2004	Royal Alliance Ups Ante For OSJs Advisor Group Says Come One, Come All... Securities America Tests New Transition Options... Award Established To Honor Viragh... etc.
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.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	The Winner's Curse Many advisors independent b/ds recruit have now unrealistic expectations: They want full technical and marketing support, as well as help understanding products and asset managers.
Registered Rep. February 13, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Raymond James Ramping Up Its RIA with New Leadership, Investment The new president, Bill Van Law, said the company plans to make a significant investment in the business in the months ahead.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Kristen French	The Way We'll Be While it's clear how the financial services industry got here, it's not so easy to predict where we're going. Here's a look at three major forces that will likely shape the industry over the next five to 20 years: The Age of Retirement... The Margin Squeeze... RIA Revolution...
Registered Rep. November 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Is Wall Street Abandoning Main Street? Are the major brokerage firms losing interest in the everyday investor who has been the very foundation of many of its successes?
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Clean Machines Not all of these Top 50 Advisors have spotless records, but their ability to build such huge practices speaks to how astute they are in avoiding the sorts of complaints that can bring an advisory to its knees.
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 April 2004 Sydney LeBlanc	What Have You Done For Me Lately? Are advisor marketing tools and business development what they should be?
Financial Advisor August 2004 Sydney LeBlanc	Independent Broker-Dealers Improving SMA Programs Historically, independent advisors have been forced to sit on the sidelines while wirehouses led the way in products and technology for separately managed accounts. Increasingly, things seem to be changing.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 Will Leitch	RIAs Kickin' Back Three registered investment advisors were accused by the SEC of accepting cash payments from TD Waterhouse in return for putting client assets with Waterhouse.
Registered Rep. November 14, 2011 Diana Britton	Raymond James Hopes New Training Program Will Appeal to Women Bob Patrick, director of education and development for Raymond James, said the industry has become more relationship- and planning-oriented, rather than product-oriented, and this model fits well with how women work.
Investment Advisor March 2006 Melanie Waddell	Piling On Keeping up with compliance chores will continue to occupy a substantial portion of advisors' time, as industry officials and observers are steadfast in their belief that regulatory scrutiny by the SEC and NASD isn't going away.
Investment Advisor September 2008 Mike Patton	B/D or RIA? The Case for the Registered Investment Advisor After considering the different options, one advisor explains why he opted for the registered independent advisor model.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Matt Barthel	Insurance and the Generation Gap Reps historically have been reluctant to sell life insurance because of the steep learning curve associated with the products, and there is evidence that many still are hesitant to put forth the effort necessary to grasp the products' nuances.