Broker Dealers
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SEC's Walters Backs Harmonizing B/D, Advisor Rules
By Melanie WaddellYet another top official at the SEC is championing the idea of harmonizing rules for investment advisors and broker/dealers. In a speech before the Mutual...
June 01, 2009
Advisor Advocate: LPL Financial's BrutonWith advisor interest in the independent model at a historic high, Derek Bruton's appointment as national sales manager for the nation's largest independent broker-dealer network...
June 01, 2009
Morgan Stanley Moving Ahead With Smith Barney VentureMorgan Stanley says it is on track to raise some $8 billion via recent equity and debt offerings, including the exercise of the over-allotment option,...
June 01, 2009
Best of Times, Worst of TimesThe business is broken, accelerated by the crisis. We need a new model, because the old way of doing business is broken," says Bob Cogan,...
June 01, 2009
Survival of the FittestIt may be hard to believe, but it was only last autumn when, in what seemed to be a blink of an eye, our capital...
June 01, 2009
B/D Briefing: Keys to B/D SuccessA new study published by Moss Adams and Pershing affiliate iNautix--The Art of Efficiency: A Holistic Approach to Operations--reveals what most suspect but perhaps won't...
June 01, 2009
LeadershipIn the middle of one of the most challenging times in the industry's history, how are independent broker/dealers coping? The leaders of 67 of the...
May 29, 2009
Morgan Stanley Hires Former NFL Wide Receiver as FAMorgan Stanley has hired Wayne Chrebet, National Football League (NFL) veteran and former wide receiver with the New York Jets, to join its global wealth...