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Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Rick Weinberg |
Morgan Stanley Boosts Pay for Fee Business Morgan Stanley unveiled a new compensation plan for brokers that rewards fee-based business and penalizes transactional business.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Ross Tucker |
Payback Time During the heady days of the bull market brokers found themselves lured to other firms by big upfront bonuses, in the form of forgivable loans. Unable to maintain prior production rates under worsening market conditions, many have lost their jobs and their clients. Now their firms want to collect on those loans.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 David A. Gaffen |
Pitt to NASD, NYSE: Foul! The NASD and NYSE sued the California Judicial Council to stop new arbitration rules, claiming SEC oversight and federal law preempts separate state regulation. Harvey Pitt has ordered the organizations to empanel arbitrators to start handling the cases against brokers that have been piling up.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 |
Warm Bodies Brokerages ranked by number of reps.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 William A. Jacobson |
Deferred Compensation. Whose Money Is It? Deferred compensation plans offer incentives or income tax deferral while motivating the employee to remain at the company. However, the Citigroup Capital Accumulation Plan is facing legal challenges from class action suits in several states.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Daryl T. Logullo |
Don't Let Corporate Red Tape Stifle You Advice for financial advisers trying to avoid compliance problems when giving interviews.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Jonathan P. Arfa |
First, Hire the Lawyers With heavy investor losses, customer claims filed with the NYSE and the NASD are expected to hit an all-time high in 2002. What should a broker do if they are the target of a complaint?  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Anne Field |
Investor Psychology 101 What brokers should do to help scared investors in a volatile market.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Matt Oechsli |
No More Bologna Wholesalers can help financial advisers land clients, get proprietary research on a stock, and assist with a nettlesome asset allocation project.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Pamela J. Black |
Not So Easy Riders The bear market has created interest in annuities that offer guarantees on returns. A look at riders being offered to protect value, improve liquidity, etc.  |
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