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New Securities Jobs: Nearly 5,000 in April
By Jeff TestermanOverall employment nationwide rose by more than 200,000.
May 13, 2010
Blue Vault Report: Non-Traded REITs Market Sees 12 New Offerings in 2009A record number of non-traded real estate investment trusts were launched in 2009, adding 12 new REITs to the universe of 36, independent research firm Blue Vault Partners announced this week.
May 13, 2010
Mutual Fund Class A Sales Favor Fee-Based NAV Pricing Over LoadsAs advisors move to fee-based pricing for their clients and away from commissions on transactions, mutual funds are seeing a related drop in Class A share sales with front-end loads, a new Strategic Insight study of fund sales trends shows.
May 13, 2010
Vanguard Research States Case for Bond DiversificationIn recent months, investors have been peppering Vanguard with questions about how they should react to prospects of rising interest rates, including whether they should reallocate their bond portfolios defensively into shorter-maturity funds
May 13, 2010
Five Reasons Recruiters Still Make the DifferenceA recruiter helps you position yourself as a "hard to get" advisor and makes the prospective firm work harder to woo you.
May 13, 2010
Time for a Transition (IX): How to Build Client Loyalty, Part IPart I on easy and effective ways to stay in front of your clients, prospects and strategic partners.
May 13, 2010
Financial Reform, GDP, Goldman, and the Fed: Editor's Choice for the Week of April 26, 2010What's happening this week
May 13, 2010
Advisors Haven't Given Up on Managed AccountsNew Cerulli report finds few advisors changing allocation to managed account programs.