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Eastbridge: Cooling Economy Chills Voluntary Player Confidence
By Staff WriterParticipants in the voluntary benefits industry are expressing less confidence about future sales.
August 25, 2011
2011 Broker-Dealers of the Year: Take Charge—VideoOur Broker-Dealer of the Year survey is entering its third decade, and a more challenging time for independent broker-dealers and advisorsvolatile markets, regulation, fee compression, a hyper-charged political environmentis difficult to remember.
August 25, 2011
New Hire Roundup: Murphy New FSC President/CEO; MSRB Taps New Officers, BoardThis week in new hires, FSC named Jerry Murphy its new president and CEO, while MSRB announced new officers and members of its board.
August 24, 2011
2011 Broker-Dealers of the Year: The Runners UpMore than 5,000 valid votes were cast in this year's Broker-Dealer of the Year balloting. Here are the second- and third-place BDs in our annual readers' poll.
August 24, 2011
What Reps Want From Their Independent BDsIn Investment Advisor's 21st annual readers' poll, the products and services that reps wish their BDs would provide.
August 24, 2011
Where Would Reps Go if They Were to Leave Their Current BD?If reps could affiliate with another broker-dealer, the 453 voters who answered the ballot question said they would go to:
August 24, 2011
The Monsters Are Due on Maple StreetOne of the highlights of our roundtable discussion with this years Broker-Dealer of the Year winners came not from on-the-record comments, but from a casual aside.
August 24, 2011
Unchecked GrowthEveryone understands, at least in theory, the value of written procedures and processes in an office.