Broker Dealers
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Read the Fine Print
By Staff WriterJust as it's wise to read prospectuses before investing, be sure to read loan contracts in detail before you transfer, because some firms structure transition...
June 01, 2008
Telling All?Now that climate change seems to be on everyone's lips, the talk in the insurance industry is getting hot about disclosure. The fallout from trying to...
June 01, 2008
The B/D CustodianAs the broker/dealer industry moves, seemingly inexorably, to the fee side of the business, one specific independent B/D--LPL Financial--has taken what might be considered the...
June 01, 2008
From a Small B/D, Regulatory and Risk ConcernsBroker/Dealer Advisory Board member Nick Sondel, president and CEO of Harbour Investments, in Madison, Wisconsin, and Broker/Dealer of the Year winner in Division I (up...
June 01, 2008
How Will Advisors Thrive?The financial services industry, like most other industries around the globe, is increasingly entrenched in a red ocean of bloody competition. Financial services firms have...
June 01, 2008
Pinning Down PricesIt seems almost providential that at a time when financial market gyrations have been keeping broker/dealers on their toes that Nasdaq should come out with...
June 01, 2008
What Will It Mean to Be an Independent Financial Advisor?With baby boomers moving into self-funded retirement, the advisor will need to become expert at risk analysis, risk management and financial life planning. There will...
June 01, 2008
What's in Store for the Mutual Fund Industry?What has the mutual fund industry accomplished in the past 30 years, and how is it poised to build on these developments in the next...