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Registered Rep.
August 4, 2014 |
The Ten to Watch in 2015 The people listed here bear watching closely, if only because they represent the kind of sweeping changes transforming the wealth management industry, almost always for the better.   |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2010
Howard J. Stock |
Back Office Move Has Advisors Up In Arms -- Some Bolt Questions surround what will happen to BAI clients when Merrill moves their accounts from National Financial to Merrill Lynch. |
Financial Advisor
April 2007
William Glasgall |
Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change. |
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.
March 16, 2012
Kristen French |
Wire Houses Minting Fiduciary Advisors -- Or Are They? None of the firms will go on record as to whom specifically in the rank and file is adopting the standard, nor will they provide much detail on what that training looks like. |
IndustryWeek
June 23, 2010 |
Consider This -- Five Key Concepts for Sustainable Innovation Mastering these fundamentals can stimulate your innovation efforts and the global economy. |
Registered Rep.
April 15, 2009
Kristen French |
Bank of America Launches Client Referral Program It's one of several referral programs the bank is putting together as part of its integration with Merrill Lynch, including one that would offer leads from the commercial banking division to certain Merrill Lynch advisors. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
Grove & Prince |
Staying Connected If financial advisors need yet another reminder about the importance of contacting clients, here it is: In our study of affluent investors conducted in late October, almost half of the respondents said they had changed primary advisors in the last year, often citing lack of contact. |
Bank Technology News
September 2009 |
The Innovators 2009 The search begins for 2009's innovators - the technology inventors and executive sponsors that are shaping the future of financial services. |
Financial Advisor
December 2007
Sydney LeBlanc |
More Options, More Business Independent advisors recently got the opportunity of a lifetime -- the marriage made between fee-based advisory accounts and fiduciary accountability finally made headlines in the SEC repeal of Rule 202. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2006
Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse The registered investment advisor market continues to add assets at a hefty rate. |
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.
November 9, 2009
Kristen French |
BofA Pressures Merrill FAs To Sell Bank Products Some of Merrill Lynch's 15,000 financial advisors are feeling pressure to sell parent company Bank of America's checking and savings account products -- and they're not happy about it. |
Registered Rep.
November 26, 2012
Mindy Diamond |
Advisors Sober Up For 2013 While the trend toward independence slowed a bit from previous years, 2012 was the year the independent channel legitimized its place next to the more traditional players. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Figuring Out Fiduciary What, exactly, does fiduciary advisor mean? How can an advisor know for sure if he's fulfilling his fiduciary obligations? Are there any real guidelines? |
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.
June 30, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly. |
Investment Advisor
October 2010
John Sullivan |
Tom Bradley's Vision for the Future The head of TD Ameritrade Institutional looks back on 25 years with the company, and speaks frankly about the keys for future advisor success |
BusinessWeek
April 15, 2010
James P. Andrew |
What Executives Make of Innovation The head of the global innovation practice at Boston Consulting Group dives more deeply into the findings from this year's survey taken to compile the ranking of the most innovative companies. |
Registered Rep.
September 3, 2009
Mindy Diamond |
Talking To Clients About Breaking Away Here are some starting points for advisors to begin a conversation with clients about deciding to establish themselves as an RIA or joining an existing one. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2009
Helen Kearney |
The 'F' Word Stirs Up Controversy Advisors who fall under the new fiduciary standard, namely investment advisors who run a fee-based business, must always put clients' interests before of their own. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2007
Jill Jusko |
Innovation Grade: Improvement Needed One would think that U.S. manufacturing firms were zeroed in on improving their innovation efforts. But, new research suggests that their efforts are struggling. |
Financial Advisor
January 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
Revenge Of The Wirehouses Large Wall Street firms dangle big incentives to hang onto advisors. |
Financial Advisor
November 2009 |
Frontline News Advisor News: Poll on advisor pay... Citi Embracing Fee-Only Model... RIAs Set Record For Repurchasing Their Firms... FINRA Expands Arbitration Pilot Program... SEC Expects To Examine 9% Of RIAs Annually... more... |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: American Standard Comp tables based on surveys of advisory firms won't help you find the right salary range for your firm if those firms are over- or underpaying. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Measured Success: By The Numbers Customer satisfaction is a popular metric by which to gauge the success of innovation efforts. But it's not the only one. |
| Financial Advisor |
Frontline News News of interest to advisors: Clients want insured investments... Francais succeeds Kochis as Aspiriant CEO... Financial Planning Association's Top Lobbyist Stepping Down... New Web sites keep advisors honest... more... |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Bob Clark |
Clark At Large: Done Deal Even without a mandated fiduciary duty for all who give advice, the cat's out of the bag. |
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Lavine & Liberman |
Uncertain Future The Fidelity Executive Forum raises issues about where the money management industry is headed. |
Registered Rep.
July 8, 2015
Jerry Gleeson |
No Slowing RIA Growth In the financial advisory industry there are potential regulatory burdens, fickle investors, and crafty competitors -- but nothing has changed the relentless march of the registered investment advisor space since the 2008 crash. |
Investment Advisor
October 2008
Maya Ivanova |
War Room How the most successful advisory firms are mitigating risk on two fronts: for their clients, and for their own businesses. |
CRM
June 24, 2011
Elisa O'Donnell |
Kill the Office of Innovation What it really takes to create a thriving innovation capacity within an organization. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2010
Matt Lynch |
Game Change Whether your business model, pricing strategy and advisory service offering represent fair value is solely the client's decision. While the market-based value determinant isn't new, what is different this time is that the market-that is, your client-wants and needs more information. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2010
Marion Asnes |
One Fee to Bind Them In 2009, broker-dealer Capital Analysts introduced a new flat-fee business model. So how's it going? |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2012
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Borrow From the Best One of the best ways to learn what it takes to succeed in our business is to look at the best practices of elite financial advisors who are enjoying tremendous success in the marketplace. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
Halah Touryalai |
Anywhere But Here No, you didn't want to be a financial advisor at Bear Stearns during the week of March 10. That was the week that news broke about Bear's serious liquidity problems, and the week it had to be bailed out. |
Registered Rep.
December 7, 2011
Philip Palaveev |
The Say on Pay: Registered Rep.'s 2011 Compensation Survey Financial advisors continue to expand their practices, work with more clients and receive ample compensation for their efforts. |
Investment Advisor
April 2008
Angela Herbers |
Opportunity Knocks The bear market can lead to great growth for advisors, or a big nightmare. |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Maya Ivanova |
Listen Up Financial advisory firms are demonstrating their ability to weather the tough times of the last few years. But to continue their profitability in the future, they need to make client service a priority. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2010
Frances A. McMorris |
The Burgeoning Battle For The Best And The Brightest What are the wirehouse behemoths doing to keep their advisors happy, attract others, and, in turn, maintain the bulk of high-net-worth client assets? |
Registered Rep.
August 25, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
Better Economic Times Ahead? Your Clients Don't Think So. Advisors seem more optimistic about the economy than their own clients, according to a recent survey. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Avoid the Boiler Room Some financial advisors know more about sales than they do about investing. Finding good financial advice is tough. Investors with little or no knowledge about their finances are extremely vulnerable to disreputable professionals. |
Investment Advisor
April 2009 |
Soapbox: How to Restore Trust If we want advisors to act in the best interest of clients, there should be a compensation system that offers them incentives them to do so. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
James J. Green |
Catching up with... Mark Tibergien The CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions discusses why it's a good time to be a seller of an RIA firm, according to the latest research on mergers and acquisitions activity in the advisory market. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008 |
Frontline News News for the Financial Industry: Tumult Could Expand Ranks Of RIAs... M&A Activity Remains Healthy... Independent B-Ds: Don't Tread On Us... Who Has The Most Satisfied Advisors?... The Business Of Serving Business Owners... etc. |
Financial Advisor
August 2006
Raymond Fazzi |
Custodians Duel Over New Services Competition in the fee-based advisory field and the pressure to grow assets and operations is not only forcing changes upon advisors, but also the custodians who serve them. |
Bank Technology News
June 2010
John Pyrovolakis |
Innovators: A Call to Action The Innovation Accelerator wishes to leverage great and innovative technologies developed in our nation's research universities and federal research labs on the strength of federal funding to empower our nation's banking industry. |
Information Today
September 22, 2015 |
Thomson Reuters Rolls Out Website for Examining Global Innovation The website offers the annual Top 100 Global Innovators list as well as information from the "The Future Is Open: 2015 State of Innovation" report. |
Global Services
November 29, 2007 |
The Future of Innovation The challenges are there, but so are the opportunities to open up vast new global markets through innovation. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2008
Kristen French |
Morgan Sells Spanish Retail Brokerage Arm Morgan Stanley announced plans this week to sell its Spanish brokerage- and asset- management business to La Caixa, a Spanish financial-services firm, for $885 million. |
