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Valerie Brown Says Cetera Is Investing to Meet BD, Rep Needs: The Weekend Interview
By James J. GreenIncreased margin pressure on all IBDs, will lead—is already leading—many smaller broker-dealers to seek the shelter of larger BDs.
January 11, 2011
HighTower ‘Tucks In’ a Morgan Stanley Broker to Existing RIA FirmThe firm that has attracted a raft of brokerage teams from major wirehouses to partner under its RIA umbrella announced its first tuck-in transaction.
January 06, 2011
Younger Agents: Burden or Bellwether?The other day, a reader called to take one of our recent contributors to task for a piece on the virtues of reaching out to ...
January 03, 2011
LPL Financial Shares Drop on ‘Sell’ ReportCiti rating comes one week after LPL’s stock rose on more positive equity research
January 01, 2011
State of Regulation: A Conversation with FSI’s Dale BrownAs always, when looking to make sense of the regulatory environment, we turn to Dale Brown, president and CEO of the Financial Services Institute.
January 01, 2011
IRS Issues Guidance on In-Plan Roth RolloversIn late November, the law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan alerted us to the following: The IRS issued Notice 2010-84, providing guidance regarding in-plan Roth rollovers.
January 01, 2011
The New SchoolI need a job: simple problem. No simple solution, I’ve been surprised to find.