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Living The Brand Helps Banks Increase Insurance Sales
By Trevor ThomasLiving The Brand Helps BanksIncrease Insurance SalesBYMiami"Living the brand" is credited by 2 separate bank investment program executives as a key reason for their companies ...
March 24, 2004
Phoenix To Sell Broker-Dealer Units, Focus On ManufacturingPhoenix To Sell Broker-Dealer Units,Focus On ManufacturingBYAs part of an effort to regain profitability, the Phoenix Companies Inc. has agreed to sell its retail broker-dealer ...
March 15, 2004
AIMA Canada Releases Sound Practices GuidelinesFollowing the first year of its existence, the Alternative Investment Management Association's Canadian chapter is issuing its own guide to the sound hedge fund practices.
March 10, 2004
Principal Offers Simplified Business Owner DI ProgramNU Online News Service, March 10, 2004, 4:24 p.m. EST -- Principal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, is trying to cut red tape ...
March 01, 2004
Baltimore Life Names Yasulitis to Recruiting PostNU Online News Service, March 1, 2004, 3:15 p.m. EST -- The Baltimore Life Insurance Company has appointed Angela K. Yasulitis assistant vice president, ...
March 01, 2004
Disaster PreparednessOn September 22, 2003, I left my office for the day, with a full schedule charted out for the next few weeks, including client meetings...
March 01, 2004
Finding the HNWBuilding a practice full of high-net-worth clients involves developing relationships with wealthy people. But recent "Do Not Call" legislation has left many advisors looking for...
March 01, 2004
Heaven or HellFinancial advisors love joint ventures. They are perceived as a low-cost, low-risk way to expand an advisory business, and some firms have "proved" this theory...