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Firm To Collect Insurance Pay Stats
By Staff WriterCompdata Surveys says it will be starting an insurance industry compensation survey program.The new insurance comp survey series will offer information on pay and benefits ...
November 01, 2008
BD Briefs NEWS & PRODUCTSRaymond James Financial ranked highest in employee advisor satisfaction among financial investment firms in a tie with Edward Jones, according to the J.D. Power and...
November 01, 2008
AIG Advisors: What's Next?In early October, American International Group said it would "refocus the company on its core property and casualty insurance businesses, generate sufficient liquidity to repay...
November 01, 2008
Brokers & Other MonstersIf you generally feel good about being a financial advisor, it's probably not because of the glowing depictions of the field you've seen in movies...
November 01, 2008
Figuring Out ARS FreezeSince the auction rate securities (ARS) market froze in February of this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has gotten 11 of the largest...
November 01, 2008
2008 Advisor Hall of FameWelcome to Research magazine's Advisor Hall of Fame, now in its 18th year. This eagerly anticipated annual feature has become a benchmark of excellence in...
October 24, 2008
Massive financial industry layoffs expected - where to go from hereAfter more than 110,000 have lost their jobs in the financial-services industry, experts are predicting many more to come -- 200,000 before the year is...
October 07, 2008
New NAVA Leader Offers Action PlanCatherine Weatherford, the new chief executive officer of NAVA Inc., Reston, Va., is urging the annuity industry to attack the problems caused by today's economic ...