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Ameriprise Beats Q3 Estimates, Posts Strong Wealth Results
By Janet LevauxThe average yearly production level for its advisors is $483,000, up 13% from last year.
October 27, 2014
RCS Capital Hires DwyerRCS Capital, which has been adding broker-dealers at a frenetic pace, recently made several of shifts to its executive team. The New York-based firm's…
October 27, 2014
Why Partnerships Seem to Work So WellRemember the financial crisis? Remember the wirehouse research scandal? Remember the options-backdating scandal?
October 23, 2014
Snowden Lane Picks Up $270M Merrill DuoThis news follows the boutique firms recruiting of a UBS team in late September.
October 22, 2014
Big Reg Charge Slashes LPL’s Q3 Earnings ForecastOne analyst says LPL's "inability to guide effectively on expenses," particularly regulatory ones, is a "recurring problem."
October 21, 2014
Barely half of new producer hires last 12 months in their new jobs ... and other bad newsIndependent agents/brokers posted a 56 percent success rate in producer hiring in the past five years, although the hiring performance of the top and bottom firms varied widely.
October 21, 2014
Barely half of new producer hires last 12 months in their new jobs ... and other bad newsIndependent agents/brokers posted a 56 percent success rate in producer hiring in the past five years, although the hiring performance of the top and bottom firms varied widely.
October 20, 2014
Former AXA Execs Launch Firm to Help Teachers, NonprofitsThe new group, ABMM Financial, aims to attract public-sector clients and their assets to 403(b) plans, which the founders say are underutilized.