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The Motley Fool
August 11, 2006
Rich Smith |
Senators Snookered by Credit Rating Bill? A Senate bill is unlikely to upset the Moody's - S&P debt-rating duopoly. Here's why and what it means to investors.   |
Registered Rep.
August 9, 2006
Kristen French |
NYSE Reg to Streamline Arbitration: Proposes One Arbitrator for Cases Under $200,000 The arbitration system has been under fire lately for being costly, slow and skewed in favor of the industry. This new proposal will help to alleviate those concerns. |
Registered Rep.
August 8, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
A.G. Edwards' Challenge to OT Pay Fails Are registered reps hourly employees and, therefore, entitled to overtime? The overtime-pay case keeps getting stronger. A California court announced that it would not dismiss an overtime-pay case brought against A.G. Edwards. |
Registered Rep.
August 7, 2006
John Churchill |
NYSE Fines A.G. Edwards for Excessive Fees and Failure to Supervise The firm was fined $900,000 for abuses in fee-based accounts. The firm was also charged with failure to supervise staff, including one particularly wayward branch manager. |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2006
Will Frankenhoff |
Banco Itau: Cashing In on Brazil's Growth Investors can make some real profits by investing in this Brazilian banking giant. |
Registered Rep.
August 4, 2006
John Churchill |
Senate Passes Pension Bill to Bush The U.S. Senate passed the Pension Protection Act, which lawmakers hope will spur businesses to improve existing employer-sponsored retirement plans. There is also a special gift to financial advisors in the bill. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2006
Michael Leibert |
AllianceBernstein Profits While Its Funds Idle Behold the lucrative beauty of asset management. Investors in most AllianceBernstein funds had a less successful second quarter. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
Kristen French |
The Way We'll Be While it's clear how the financial services industry got here, it's not so easy to predict where we're going. Here's a look at three major forces that will likely shape the industry over the next five to 20 years: The Age of Retirement... The Margin Squeeze... RIA Revolution... |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Stay Wachovia's not the first firm to offer multiple affiliation options to its reps -- Raymond James has offered something similar for several years -- but it is the first wirehouse-type brokerage house to do so. Ultimately, the model could serve as a blueprint for the retail advisory business. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Cold Call: Ralph Bryan What is the most surprising investment you ever made?... The last thing a client said to you that made you smile?... Greatest recent technological innovation for your business?... etc. |
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