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Registered Rep. November 6, 2012 John Aidan Byrne	DIY Platforms Are Gaining the Mass Affluent Pressure to serve only the wealthiest, wirehouses are ceding the mass affluent to the independent, DIY brokerage platforms. Indeed, "direct" brokerages are beginning to offer more advice.
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Registered Rep. May 31, 2013 Megan Leonhardt	Sizing Up the Street In the latest earnings cycle, here's how the wirehouses stacked up.
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The Motley Fool January 10, 2006	Compare Brokerages and Find the Best for You Here are some things you should consider when comparing brokerages and choosing one.
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The Motley Fool September 30, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Get Your Cheap Trades Now Enjoy the low rates of brokerages now. Odds are, they won't last.
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Registered Rep. April 18, 2012 Diana Britton	Tiburon's Roame: Less of a Breakaway Trend, More of a `Broken-Away' Trend Whether you agree with him or not, Chip Roame, managing principal of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, is not afraid to tell you exactly how he sees it when it comes to the financial services industry.
Registered Rep. April 21, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Morgan Stanley Profits Rise, Advisor Count Flat Morgan Stanley on Wednesday reported higher-than-expected revenues and profits in the first quarter, lifted by its acquisition last spring of Smith Barney and by higher fixed income.
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Registered Rep. December 1, 2011 Kristen French	Broker Report Card 2011: It's Getting Better All the Time Registered Rep.'s 21st annual Broker Report Cards showed advisor satisfaction ratings creeping higher this year across the board -- on everything from compensation and benefits, compliance support and sales support to products.
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Registered Rep. March 8, 2012 Kristen French	Direct Investment Sites Are Stealing Even More of Your Business There will always be clients who want a local advisor who doesn't work for a big firm, or someone they can golf with. The E-Trade baby may be cute, but it's unlikely he'll keep a tee time with you.
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Registered Rep. December 20, 2012 Diana Britton	Are Your Clients Cheating on You? Probably You may be in denial, but chances are, your clients are cheating on you. A recent report by Cerulli Associates found that 74 percent of investors own a direct investing account, but advisors believe it's much less.
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The Motley Fool September 6, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Index Giant Vanguard Pushes ETFs Vanguard is eager for brokerages to offer its line of exchange traded funds to their customers -- and since they're bought and sold like stocks, brokerages will pocket their usual commission when customers buy or sell them. Is your portfolio, like many, in need of a Viper?
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Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 John Churchill	Good Times, Bad Times Shares of the major broker/dealers are getting hammered. The good news is, for those of you who have always wanted to move on, but couldn't because it made you sick to leave unvested options on the table, this may be your moment.
On Wall Street August 1, 2010 Aarti N. Maharaj	The Wirehouse Way While the lure of independence has traditionally been viewed as the ultimate siren song for many advisors, many in the industry are finding good reasons to stay with the big companies. And it's not all about the money.
Registered Rep. October 5, 2009 Kristen French	Citi Bank Brokerage Converts To All Fees Citigroup announced that it would convert its small North American bank brokerage business completely to a fee-on-assets-based fiduciary advice system, and would stop collecting commissions on stock and fund sales.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 John Churchill	Rich Brands, Poor Brands Wealthy clients are very familiar with wirehouse brand names -- a sign that the industry's heavy marketing is paying off. But when it comes to rating the actual services that firms deliver, wealthy clients favor boutique trust firms and private banks.
Registered Rep. January 21, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Fidelity Cedes Top "Distributor" Spot to Schwab In Client Survey Affluent investors rated Charles Schwab the number one "distributor" or brokerage firm, bumping Fidelity into second place, according to Cogent Research's recently released 2010 Investor Brandscape report.
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Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 John Aidan Byrne	UBS' U.S. Brokerage Boosts Profits, Boasts Most Productive Advisors Despite global market conditions that lowered asset-based fees and transaction-based income, UBS Wealth Management Americas ended 2011 on firmer footing, earning $573 million for the year on revenues of $5.96 billion.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Hired and Fired Up The biggest brokerage businesses are showing that even in a modest market upswing they now have in place a strategy for delivering stronger and steadier sales and earnings growth.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 John Churchill	More, More, More Faced with growing competition from other advice providers and fewer inherent advantages in the way of products and platform capabilities, wirehouse brokers will feel pressure to do more fee-based business and to make wealthier clients a bigger part of their practice.
Bank Technology News March 2011 John Adams	Self Service With An Edge When it comes to attracting wealth management clients, the new focus is entirely on control - specifically giving control to customers via electronic channels.
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Registered Rep. February 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Clients, The New Breakaways First, there was the breakaway broker phenomenon; now, it seems, we have a growing vogue of breakaway clients -- former wirehouse investors who ditch their old advisors for new ones at independent RIAs or broker/dealers.
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