Broker Dealers
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Sayonara to Insurance B/Ds?
By Staff WriterInsurance companies selling off broker/dealers has been a growing trend that is likely to accelerate into 2010. In 2000, for instance, Fortis sold off its...
July 01, 2007
Compliance CrisisBrokers are losing much valuable time to compliance issues each week, according to a new study by Katherine Vessenes of Vestment Advisors, Inc. of Minneapolis....
July 01, 2007
Focus on the Optimal Client"I think the leaders of investment firms don't understand mortality tables," joked Jim Ware, a CFA and consultant speaking at Pershing's ninth annual Insite conference...
July 01, 2007
Client DepreciationWhile attending a recent broker-dealer conference, I had the opportunity to talk with a group of financial advisors in a relaxed, pub-like atmosphere. Just like...
July 01, 2007
B/Ds in the Year 2010In dusting off our crystal ball, we thought of taking a prophetic approach to what lies ahead for our industry, attempting to answer such vexing...
July 01, 2007
Protect YourselfWhen it comes to protecting themselves from disgruntled clients and the long arm of regulators, advisors and their broker/dealers have to be on the ball....
July 01, 2007
Going PrivateHear that? It's the sound of a very big door opening into the elite, large, 144A private securities marketplace. Not only will companies that want...
June 27, 2007
New President for Woodbury Financial ServicesWalter White was named president of Woodbury Financial Services, in Woodbury Minnesota, succeeding Brian Murphy, who will be chairman of Woodbury Financial and was in...