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Registered Rep.
November 1, 2006 |
The Biggest Indie Platforms There are literally thousands of broker/dealers. Here is a list of the 20 largest: Linsco/Private Ledger... HD Vest Financial Services... Raymond James Financial Services... etc.   |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2007 |
The Top 20 Biggest Indies A list of the biggest independent broker/dealer firms, ranked by the number of reps working for them. |
Registered Rep.
March 6, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
The Independents There are literally thousands of independent broker/dealers. Here's a list of some of the largest by rep count: Linsco/Private Ledger... HD Vest Financial Services... Raymond James Financial Services... etc. |
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. |
| 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 Planning
June 1, 2011
Donald Jay Korn |
FP 50: Revenue Rising The money stream is flowing again: After two years of stagnant or, worse, shrinking revenue, the 50 largest independent broker-dealers report their annual revenues rebounded last year - significantly in many cases. |
Registered Rep.
December 28, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Ryan Beck Ryan Beck & Co. of Florham Park, N.J., may be acquired by St. Louis-based regional brokerage Stifel Nicolaus. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
James J. Green |
Best of Times, Worst of Times Securities America and Capital Analysts have responded to the financial crisis in quite different ways. But they're also quite similar in how they're proactively changing their business models to help reps and the home office thrive |
Investment Advisor
April 2007
James J. Green |
Watch LPL Grow The largest independent broker/dealer acquires three Pacific Life Insurance Co. broker/dealers. |
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. |
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, 2005
Namita Devidayal |
The Not-So-Quiet Company In grammatical terms, a word with the letters ING at the end is a gerund, a verb masquerading as a noun. Fitting, then, that the Dutch financial services firm that goes by those letters would have a mysterious side. |
Financial Advisor
June 2009
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Stepping It Up Broker-dealers are enhancing the technology they offer to advisors. |
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Joel Bruckenstein |
Kicking It Up A Notch Tech upgrades at some of the larger independent broker-dealers. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2012 |
Who's News: Recent Hirings Stifel Nicolaus has hired Richard Ward in Irvine, Calif... Wells Fargo Advisors nabbed five new advisors with $849 million in client assets... Raymond James' employee broker-dealer arm, Raymond James & Associates, has hired Tom Ford and Jeff Jones in Peoria, Ill., from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney... |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008
Christina Mucciolo |
What Can We Do For You? Clearing firms matter to advisors. In fact, one of the biggest deals in the independent b/d business last year hinged on whether the b/ds being sold could maintain their relationships with their old clearing firm. |
Registered Rep.
July 14, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
LPL Acquires Retirement Broker/Dealer LPL continues its growth streak with the acquisition of assets from National Retirement Partners, a California based broker/dealer. |
Investment Advisor
October 2008 |
News & Products, October 2008 The SEC announces an enforcement action against LPL Financial Corp... ING Advisors Network announced a reorganization... Ameriprise Financial has signed an agreement to acquire H&R Block Financial Advisors... etc. |
Financial Advisor
July 2004
Tracey Longo |
Clearing Firms Come Courting With clearing industry players so clearly targeting advisors, competition for advisor business is likely to get even more interesting very soon. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2011 |
Who's News News from UBS Wealth Management, Stifel Nicolaus, and Raymond James. |
Financial Advisor
November 2006
LeBlanc & Brounes |
Embracing The Future Financial advisory affiliates Pershing and Lockwood get the thumbs-up for their vision, a smooth transition and high client satisfaction. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008 |
Changes Robert "Bob" Reynolds... Charles "Ed" Haldeman... Diahann Lassus... George Curtis... Scott Friestad... Ken Ziesenheim... Ronald Fiske... Dan Moisand... V. Raymond Ferrara... James Knaus... Yvonne Dean... Michael Ross... Joe Terranova... Chey Payne... John Sawyer... |
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. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Jennifer A. Liptow |
On the Job Who's going where, when: Stuart Rogers has been named senior vice president of corporate... John Kennedy has joined New York-based AXA Distributors as senior vice president... etc. |
Registered Rep.
February 16, 2012
Diana Britton |
Stifel's Wealth Segment Offsets Decline in Institutional Business in 2011; FA Recruiting `Muted' Despite a bad year for its institutional group caused by the uncertain market environment, financial services firm Stifel Financial's 2011 results were propped up by the stability in its global wealth management segment. |
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
On the Job Mitch Waters has joined AXA Distributors in New York as national sales manager... The AIG Advisor Group in New York has tapped Larry Roth as the broker-dealer unit's chief executive officer... etc. |
Investment Advisor
January 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
Symbiotic Relationships When broker/dealers select a clearing firm to partner with, it pays to be choosy. Clearing firms innovate to help correspondents thrive. |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas. |
Registered Rep.
April 26, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
Stifel Eyeing a Tech IPO Rebound? Buys Banker Thomas Weisel Partners Today Stifel Financial said it is buying Thomas Weisel Partners Group, a San Francisco-based investment bank, in a deal valued at more than $300 million. |
Financial Advisor
August 2005
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Pershing Pushing For RIA Business Pershing LLC is aggressively pursuing opportunities in the registered investment advisor (RIA) market segment, and has renamed its key advisor support group as part this new push, company officials said. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2012 |
Merrill Hires Lee Miller, Andrew Pleat and Mark Kean from UBS Morgan Stanley nabbed nine new advisors... Leaving Morgan Stanley, Jeff Smith joins Janney Montgomery Scott... Stifel Nicolaus has opened a new private client office in Madison, Ct... |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2008
Brooke Southall |
RIA Power Registered investment advisory firms are bringing in more assets these days than are wirehouse brokerage firms. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
James J. Green |
Pershing Service for RIAs at B/Ds Pershing LLC introduces a new service for its affiliated broker/dealer firms called RIA Complete. |
Investment Advisor
April 2008
James J. Green |
New COO for PAS Pershing Advisor Solutions conducted a nationwide search for the job of chief operating officer, and found the top candidate in the office next door, naming Karen Novak, former managing director and chief operations manager, as COO. |
Registered Rep.
March 8, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
LPL's Got `Bank.' What's Next? An IPO? LPL's acquisition last week of three Pacific Life Insurance Company b/ds was just one more step in its quest for a successful sale of the company -- or an initial public offering. |
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Kathleen M. McBride |
Clearly Profitable It's an evolution revolution at the big clearing firms. |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
James J. Green |
Human Capitalist At Pershing Advisor Solutions, the emphasis is on putting the right people in the right spots to serve high-end advisors |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2006
Robert Hertzberg |
Pershing's Moment of Truth As fees shrink and clients consolidate, the nation's No. 1 clearing firm has to sell new services to maintain its margins. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
James J. Green |
Catching up with Richard Brueckner Pershing Chairman and CEO Richard Brueckner |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
James J. Green |
Pershing's Mobile Apps The NetX360 platform used by most brokers/dealers is going mobile. |
Registered Rep.
October 15, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
Fewer, But Bigger Breakaway Brokers Joining RIAs With markets stabilizing and bank-brokerage merger integrations progressing, fewer brokers are fleeing the big Wall Street wirehouse firms for the RIAs and independent b/ds in 2010. |
Financial Advisor
May 2007
Eric Rasmussen |
What's New At The Custodian Custodians are continuing to offer new services for fee-only planners in their efforts to woo RIAs. |
