Compensation growth for financial professionals surpasses national average
By Staff WriterNew research from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) shows that despite a struggling economy, compensation for financial professionals in 2007 outpaced that of the...
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Questions to facilitate change
July 01, 2008
UMA integration within the broker/dealer - In their own words"We've been working on a unified managed account platform to better serve our advisors who manage assets on fee-based platforms. Our UMA platform will provide...
July 01, 2008
Poor reasons to switch B/DsFor all of the good reasons to rethink a relationship with a broker/dealer, there are some bad reasons, too. Some of the more prevalent mentioned...
July 01, 2008
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July 01, 2008
One Forward, Two Back?This past March the Department of the Treasury released its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, which sets forth an argument for the need...
July 01, 2008
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June 30, 2008
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