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By Staff WriterMorningstar, Inc. has partnered with Pyxis Mobile to deliver real-time Morningstar mutual fund and exchange-traded fund data to fund wholesalers through their Blackberry or Windows...
June 01, 2007
Aligning With Their Reps"The best way to grow our business is to help our advisors grow theirs," says Joel Marks, referring to the reps of Advanced Equities Financial...
June 01, 2007
Among IBDs, a Blue Chip ChoiceBreaking with an already established tradition, I meet Larry Roth not at the restaurant where we were going to have lunch, but at Royal Alliance's...
June 01, 2007
Passive DisciplinarianWhen worldwide turmoil hits the financial markets, as was the case in the last week of February, many advisors shift into crisis management mode as...
June 01, 2007
Merrill Nears 16,000 FAs; AUM Tops $1.6 TrillionMerrill Lynch has reported its second-best results ever, says Richard X. Bove of Punk, Ziegel & Company in Lutz, Fla. The company continues to aggressively...
June 01, 2007
Doing it RightNobody ever asks the most important question: 'What's your termination rate?' Because your termination rate is to some extent a determination of how happy your...
June 01, 2007
The Art of the DealLet's start with an easy one: How would you rate the following deal? An independent advisor is the sole owner of a wealth management practice...
June 01, 2007
Up and OutThere's a big difference between imagining independence and being independent. In the first few months of my new life as an independent advisor, I've had...