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Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Kristen French |
On-the-Job Therapy at the SEC After months of trying to fill the position, the SEC has hired a psychologist to work on the commission's flagging morale.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 |
Multimanager Product Boom The growth in the multimanager segment -- which includes long-only traditional investments (no private equity or hedge funds) -- was propelled by manager-of-manager (MOM) products, which grew 32%.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Kristen French |
You're Calling It What!??? After several months of deliberations and input from all 18,000 of its employees, the soon-to-be-spun-off American Express Financial Advisors selected as its new name: Ameriprise.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Demotion or Promotion? When Merrill Lynch announced that it would replace James Gorman, head of the firm's brokerage group, with his boss, Robert McCann, tongues wagged: Was Gorman simply moved into a sinecure? Put out to pasture? Or was he moved into a real post with real responsibilities?  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 John Churchil |
Millions to Choose From Advisors gunning for millionaire clients now have 1.3 million more prospects to choose from -- and a blueprint for what they're looking for, according to a new survey.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg |
Killing It Softly Under departing Chairman William Donaldson, one of the SEC's most decisive actions received little attention; it recently eliminated a class of investments: stable value mutual funds.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg |
New Rivals Are investment research firms, such as Morningstar and Ibbotson Associates, now rivals to registered reps?  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Anne Field |
A Coach's-Eye View For a financial advisor, hiring a coach is not an easy decision. It means opening up to an outsider and questioning basic assumptions. And coaching does not come cheap.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Christopher O' Leary |
The Fund Family That Said No While in the past few years many funds sued by regulators have been quick to settle, American, the second-largest fund family in the U.S. with $650 billion in assets is fighting back.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg |
A Tough, but Smart Sell Plenty of clients detest bond mutual funds, but a bond fund can be less volatile than a small portfolio of individual bonds. The typical fund is broadly diversified and includes hundreds of names.  |
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