Broker Dealers
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Return of the Broker?
By Kate McBrideFull-service brokers are regaining favor among affluent investors, according to the Spectrem Affluent Study 2005. But even as the research showed that more affluent investors...
February 21, 2006
Report Sees Backlog PerilMcLEAN, Va. (HedgeWorld.com)--BearingPoint Inc., a technology consultant, issued a white paper on what it sees as a backlog crisis in the credit derivatives industry. In a press release issued with the paper, BearingPoint observed that on Thursday [Feb. 16], the New York Federal Reserve is expected to meet to discuss...
February 12, 2006
Ruritania RevisitedIn the interest of fairness, before you read this piece I want to direct you to some letters to the editor on page 10 of ...
February 09, 2006
May Not Be Too Late To Profit From Energy StocksRecent price weaknesses may present advantages
February 06, 2006
ING Executive Joins NASD BoardMembers of the National Association of Securities Dealers have voted to add John Simmers to the self-regulatory group's board.The NASD, Washington, says Simmers, chief executive ...
January 20, 2006
The Return of the Full Service Broker/Dealer?Spectrem Group study says yes, but...
January 16, 2006
FinCEN: April 4 Key Date for Correspondent AccountsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--A partner in the financial services practices of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP warned Thursday [Jan. 12] that new rules just finalized by the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network impose a significant burden upon broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, mutual funds, banks, and trust companies. The partner,...
January 08, 2006
The LTC Insurance Industry Is Not Waiting For GodotIn Samuel Beckett's famous existential play, "Waiting for Godot," the characters eagerly anticipate and alternatively despair for the all-important but always elusive "Godot" to arrive.For ...