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Registered Rep. April 1, 2008	Meet the Indies Choosing an independent broker/dealer to join isn't easy. We speak with five heads of independent broker/dealers about their businesses, an why you should join them.
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.
Investment Advisor June 2006 Green & Murphy	Recruiting Wars: Freedom and Culture The underlying dilemma of independent broker/dealers and their reps -- interdependence versus independence -- is one of the main dynamics in play when it comes to recruiting reps.
Investment Advisor September 2006	Woodbury Financial services Woodbury Financial is a big firm, with nearly 2,000 producing reps, and a big corporate parent in the form of The Hartford. But a simple comment on a Broker/Dealer of the Year ballot from one of Woodbury's reps was instructive on the firm's personal appeal to reps.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Will Leitch	For Advisors, 2003 Was a Better Year The fortunes of advisors took a turn for the better in 2003, according to the annual report from the Securities Industry Association.
Investment Advisor April 2007 James J. Green	Watch LPL Grow The largest independent broker/dealer acquires three Pacific Life Insurance Co. broker/dealers.
Investment Advisor September 2006 Robert F. Keane	The Investment Center If keeping your representatives satisfied is the name of the game for broker/dealers, then it's no surprise that Ralph DeVito and The Investment Center are the winning team in Division II this year.
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Diana Britton	Perks of Being an IBD Advisor Many b/ds offer their reps special perks and incentives beyond payout
Registered Rep. February 2, 2015 Diana Britton	Industry Will Lose 300 More B/Ds By 2016 Though the closure rate of FINRA-registered broker/dealers is slowing down, the number of firms is expected to decline from 4,154 at the end of last year to 3,800 by the end of 2016.
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.
Investment Advisor September 2009 James J. Green	Who Representatives Voted For Win, place and show in this year's Broker/Dealer of the Year voting.
Investment Advisor September 2009	Broker/Dealer of the Year, Division II Quick company stats of The Investment Center.
Investment Advisor September 2009 James J. Green	Where Representatives Would Go This year, more than many others, many representatives of broker/dealers are reassessing their options when it comes to with whom, and how, they will affiliate.
Registered Rep. August 23, 2009 Halah Touryalai	AIG Advisor Group NOT For Sale, New CEO Says After almost a year of looking for the right buyer, AIG's broker/dealer reps were told that they would not be sold.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005	I'm A Broker, You're A Broker At most publicly traded national broker/dealers, about 35 percent of employees are called financial advisors.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Diana Britton	Breaking Out: A New Era in Insurance Insurance firms constantly go through cycles of acquisition and sale when it comes to their broker/dealer subsidiaries. But the current sell cycle is different, and it may shake up how the business works.
Registered Rep. May 5, 2010 Kristen French	Small B/Ds in A Crunch, Expect More Closures, Mergers In 2010 Squeezed by investor lawsuits, rising compliance and insurance costs, as well as departing advisors and clients, some of the industry's smallest independent broker/dealers are struggling to stay afloat.
Investment Advisor June 2009 James J. Green	Leadership In volatile times, communication and culture are broker/dealer leaders' touchstones.
Investment Advisor September 2008 James J. Green	You're the Tops In a comprehensive face-to-face discussion, the leaders of the Broker/Dealers of the Year explain their firms' unique charisma and how they plan to remain at the summit of their professions.
Investment Advisor October 2008 James J. Green	Is Consolidation Finally Here? Several recent deals for mid-sized independent broker/dealers raises the question.
Investment Advisor September 2006 Melanie Waddell	Next Financial Group Only seven years old, NEXT Financial has won broker/dealer of the year honors for the sixth year in a row, and did it in three different divisions as its rep force has grown.
Investment Advisor December 2009 James J. Green	ING Sells Three B/Ds ING agreed to sell three of its U.S. broker/dealers that comprise the ING Advisors Network to Lightyear Capital LLC.
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.
Investment Advisor September 2005	Fantastic 5 This year's winning broker/dealers of the year reveal some of the machinery behind the success: Division I -- Geneos Wealth Management... Division II -- Brecek & Young Advisors... etc.
Registered Rep. June 9, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Fewer Advisors Switch B/Ds in May The number of advisors switching firms dropped 23 percent in May versus April, according to Discovery Database.
Investment Advisor June 2008 Jonathan Henschen	Transfer Time For advisors pondering a move from a wirehouse to an independent broker/dealer with visions of large, forgivable transition loans dancing in their heads, it's time for a reality check.
Health February 2008	The Workout: Part 2 For weeks four through six, do this ramped-up, 25-minute version of the workout.
Investment Advisor March 2009 Melanie Waddell	When It Pays to Fight City Hall An annual analysis of litigated disciplinary proceedings brought by the SEC and FINRA against broker/dealers and registered representatives shows that it sometimes pays for B/Ds and reps to litigate against the regulators.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 John Churchill	Weclome Aboard Recruiters say reps that are tiring of the pressure to convert their clients to fee-based arrangements have an alternative --- in the independent broker/dealer world.
Investment Advisor September 2008 Melanie Waddell	Whither the Independent B/D? Securities America's acquisition of Brecek & Young is yet another sign of dwindling independent broker/dealers.
Investment Advisor June 2008 McBride & Roberts	The Presidents Speak Recruiting and building margins are top challenges for independent broker/dealers today.
Investment Advisor October 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	A Shot in the Dark When giving advice on investments as full-service reps do, what is that worth as opposed to taking orders for execution as discount brokers do? It has been difficult to analyze whether full-service representatives are getting paid what they are worth, relative to their peers.
Investment Advisor June 2008 Philip Palaveev	The New Model: The Fee-Only Broker/Dealer Independent broker/dealers must tackle head-on the causes of their frustration if they wish to survive.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Robert F. Keane	Know What Else I Could Use? For the most part, reps are pretty satisfied with the products and services that their B/Ds offer.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	Around the Table The leaders of the 2007 Broker/Dealers of the Year speak frankly about their challenges and opportunities.
Investment Advisor January 2008 Kathleen M. McBride	Clearly Profitable It's an evolution revolution at the big clearing firms.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006	Corrections In the November issue of Registered Rep. a list of the 20 largest independent broker/dealers failed to include at least two b/ds that were larger than some on that list.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Janet Arrowood	Protect Your Clients, Protect Yourself If registered reps don't sell their clients life insurance, someone else will -- and that's a risk reps probably shouldn't take. At least, that's one conclusion that can be drawn from the results of two separate studies.
Investment Advisor November 2007	Lines Limned by a "Letters" Lover Letters to the Editor: Broker/Dealer of the Year Correction... Spelling correction...
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007	The Road to Independence For some wirehouse reps, the business risk of facing a market downturn without the safety net of a big Wall Street firm is too great. That's why the first thing you need, indie reps say, is commitment.
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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.
Investment Advisor March 2009 James J. Green	Editor's Note: For Your Consideration RIAs and broker/dealers are more alike than they are different, and it's always better to merge from strength than weakness.