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Investment Advisor August 2008 |
B/D News & Products Pali Capital, Inc. announced that Joseph Schenk has joined the firm as COO... Fidelity Investments named Daniel Petrozzo as CIO... LPL Financial Corporation has appointed Brad Cornell as senior VP of sponsor relations... etc. |
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. |
Investment Advisor March 2008 |
Changes People: Jeff Montgomery, CEO of National Financial Partners Securities, is resigning... Timothy Armour, managing director, is retiring from Morningstar... Mark Mackey has resigned as CEO of NAVA... etc. |
Investment Advisor August 2006 |
Changes Kathleen Casey was confirmed by the Senate to replace the departing Cynthia Glassman as an SEC Commissioner... AIG Financial Advisors, Inc. has named Lisa Bredeson as senior VP and COO... etc. |
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 |
Keeping Tabs Former Banc of America Securities global head of debt research David Goldman has moved... JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services added Christopher Kunkle... John Grifonetti was named president and COO of Creditex... etc. |
Investment Advisor April 2007 |
Changes-April 2007 New York Life Insurance Company announced that Christopher Blunt was appointed senior VP and COO... Jonathan Spector, vice dean of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, was named president and CEO of The Conference Board... etc. |
Investment Advisor July 2006 |
B/d Briefing: News & Products The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on May 31 the institution of proceedings against 15 broker/dealer firms... In the past year nearly 200 advisors have been added to the H&R Block Financial Advisors team... etc. |
Registered Rep. September 21, 2007 Halah Touryalai |
Banks Officially Welcomed into the Brokerage World Under New SEC Rule It only took eight years, but the SEC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System passed final rules defining how banks can act as securities brokers. |
Investment Advisor July 2007 |
Changes Shawn Dreffein, president of National Planning Corporation has retired... American Century Investments appointed Barry Fink... etc. |
Registered Rep. March 9, 2012 Kristen French |
Due Diligence: SEC Gives 70-Year-Old Broker a Break Back in the late 1970s, at the start of his career, Robert Hardee Quarles got himself into trouble -- offering and selling non-exempt securities without a valid and effective registration statement and also misleading his customers about the nature and risks of those securities. |
Entrepreneur November 2007 Rosalind Resnick |
Getting a Margin Loan Securing a margin loan can mean quick cash for startup, but it doesn't come without risk. |
Registered Rep. March 27, 2006 Kristen French |
SEC Targets Investment Traps Set For Seniors The move against the "free lunch," as they are generally called, is part of a larger initiative launched to protect senior citizens from investment scams and unsuitable recommendations. |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Melanie Waddell |
SEC Sets Out Strategic Plan The Securities and Exchange Commission publishes its Draft Strategic Plan outlining the Commission's strategic goals for 2010 through 2015. |
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. |
Insurance & Technology June 14, 2005 I&T News |
Executive News Penn National Restructures... Fiserv Moves... OneBeacon COO... AdminServer CMO... |
Registered Rep. June 2, 2003 Ross Tucker |
Alone Together National Financial Partners (NFP), the national distribution network of independent registered investment advisors, is set to go public imminently. |
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 |
Registered Rep. February 26, 2013 Diana Britton |
Comings and Goings: March 2013 Independent broker/dealer NFP Advisor Services Group has tapped Dan Schwamb... David Lynn has joined Cole Real Estate Investments... Financial advisor Kevin Robertson has joined Merrill Lynch... |
Investment Advisor October 2009 Melanie Waddell |
B/Ds Warned on Recruiting SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro sent a letter to broker/dealer CEOs, reminding them of their supervisory obligations under federal securities laws. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004 |
Cutting the Pace of Cost-Cutting New numbers from the Securities Industry Association suggest that cost-reduction efforts are easing. |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Blotter Shelf Space No No... Broker Gets 14 Years... |
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. |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Tim Beyers |
American Express Unit in Scandal The broker could be a target of a regulatory inquiry into mutual funds revenue-sharing. How can you tell if your own broker or advisor has a conflict of interest? |
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. |
Investment Advisor June 2009 James J. Green |
Numerology: Fund Flows Bounce Back Independent and regional broker/dealers, along with RIAs, will account for the majority of mutual fund net sales by the year 2013. |
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. May 24, 2006 Kristen French |
Broker Sanctioned for Violation of Patriot Act After nearly a year and a half since the law's passage and after over a dozen brokerage firm audits, the SEC took its first enforcement action against a broker/dealer. Yet, in so doing, the SEC noted that broker/dealers are generally doing a very good job of complying. |
Entrepreneur January 2004 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Under Fire Is it still possible to invest without getting burned? |
On Wall Street July 1, 2009 Mark Astarita |
The SEC's "Feel Good" Committee The Securities and Exchange Commission announces the formation of an Investor Advisory Committee, which it says will give investors a greater voice in its work. |
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Diana Britton |
Do You Consider Yourself a Fiduciary? A survey of broker dealers on this question. |
Investment Advisor July 2007 Jonathan Henschen |
B/Ds in the Year 2010 What the future holds for independent broker/dealers: technology... outsourcing... marketing... practice management... succession planning... alternative investments... fees... |
OCC Bulletin September 5, 2002 |
Investment Portfolio Credit Risks: Safekeeping Arrangements This guidance alerts banks to the potentially significant credit risks they incur when safekeeping investment portfolio assets with third parties, such as brokers, broker/dealer firms and banks. |
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. |
OCC Bulletin April 9, 2002 |
Risk-Based Capital A final rule permits banks to reduce the risk weight on certain claims against qualifying securities firms from 100 percent to 20 percent... |
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. 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. |
Wall Street & Technology July 1, 2005 Maria Santos |
Fast Facts According to the Securities Industry Association's 2004 Investor Survey, nine out of 10 investors are "very" or "somewhat" satisfied with the service provided by their investment professional. |
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. |
Investment Advisor September 2008 Philip Palaveev |
B/D or RIA? How to Decide for Yourself To help make the decision between the registered independent advisor and broker/dealer approach, first ask yourself where you belong. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond |
A Clean Escape, With an Accomplice Brokers tempted to leap at a lucrative job at another firm are often held back by inertia, but in increasing numbers they are finding the powerful force they need to get moving: hungry branch managers. |