Clearing and Custodial Firms
Read up on clearing and custodial firms serving RIAs and others in the wealth management arena.
Dynamic Clearing
By Jane Wollman RusoffTighter financial industry rules and regulations en route via the Obama administration have clearing firms psyched up and ready: They see the developments as a...
April 01, 2009
Choose Your PartnerIt's not a question of any port in a storm -- it's the right port ... in a tsunami. That's what independent broker-dealers are seeking...
September 01, 2008
Clearers on the MarchBear Stearns' sudden collapse last March indeed shook Wall Street and sent shock waves throughout every financial market around the globe. But at least one behind-the-scenes...
May 01, 2008
DIY Clearing, Made EasyAlthough the idea of outsourcing clearing and settlement may sound new, its premise is exactly the same as in any other area of business, and...
April 01, 2008
More than Just ClearingFinancial advisors are quick to call theirs a people-to-people business; and since they're out on the front lines, that's completely correct. But now some traditionally backstage...
January 01, 2008
Clearly ProfitableTheir customers say, and have become much more of a partner with their correspondent broker/dealers than simply executors of trading and settlement. Independent B/D executives have...
September 01, 2007
Keeping Clearing Clients HappyFreud famously asked: What do women want? Women, of course, want what clearing-firm clients want: to be listened to. Listening is a simple concept; yet...
April 01, 2007
Solution ProvidersToday's changing financial services industry is faced with a stunning number of new challenges. But clearing firms -- duking it out in their ever-shrinking arena...