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Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
John Churchill |
UBS Bellies Up to the Acquisition Table With the cost of recruiting and training soaring, firms continue to turn to acquisitions. The recent purchase by UBS of Piper Jaffray's brokerage unit won't be the last as competition for clients and their assets continues to intensify.   |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Alpha Dogs Actively managed mutual funds have generally underperformed their corresponding benchmark indices over time, according to a recent study. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Score One for Diversity UBS has hired a prominent black Smith Barney broker. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006 |
Cold Call: Frank Congemi A short interview with a financial advisor on his profession. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Rough Month for Mario Gabelli One of Wall Street's best-known money managers was charged with civil fraud in auctions for wireless telephone licenses. Also, two longtime investors claim Gabelli stole more than $100 million from them. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Looking At Long-Term Care For advisors who haven't considered long-term care insurance for their clients, now might be a good time to take a look. Health-care planning, including purchasing insurance to protect other assets, has to happen before clients are too old. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Hedge Funds for Hippies Apparently, there are a lot of aging hippies-turned-hedge fund managers out there. Consider Hedgestock 2006, a U.K. summer-of-love-themed festival of networking for hedge fund managers, traders and investors. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Don't Know What SRI Is? Listen Up Socially responsible investing (SRI) is still relatively uncharted territory for most advisors, according to a recently released study; however, since more clients are demanding SRI than ever before, it may be time to get wise. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Fidelity Goes Mass Market on Amazon Retail investors accustomed to buying personal finance books online can now purchase mutual funds from Amazon.com. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
John Churchill |
A.G. Edwards Rates Country's Piggy Bank The full-service brokerage firm says Americans are doing a fair job of saving for retirement, but are being dragged down by poor savings behavior. |
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