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Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005
By the Numbers Top 10 Broker/Dealers, by Advisor Headcount: Merrill Lynch... Wachovia... Smith Barney... Morgan Stanley... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
September 11, 2009
Halah Touryalai
Survey Says: Wall Street Advisors Going...Wait For It...Independent! Wall Street wirehouse firms are expected to see a net loss of $188 billion in client assets to other channels in the industry, including RIAs, independent broker/dealers and regional b/ds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 6, 2010
Halah Touryalai
Wirehouse FAs Switching B/Ds Slows The number of wirehouse advisors switching broker/dealers has been in steep decline since June. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 22, 2015
Ryan W. Neal
Advisor Industry Shrinks While Assets Continue to Grow A recent report by Cerulli Associates found that the industry shrank 1.9 percent to 287,119 advisors in 2013. Asset levels, however, are on the rise. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 16, 2009
Halah Touryalai
Wirehouse Switching Slows in Second Half of 2009 In November, just 177 advisors in the wirehouse channel switched firms, the smallest monthly number all year, according to Discovery Database. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 6, 2014
Diana Britton
Independent Channels Continue to Steal from Wirehouses RIA and dually registered advisory channels will grow their share of the advised assets to 26 percent by 2016, according to a report by Cerulli Associates. That growth will largely come at the expense of the wirehouse channel. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 5, 2012
Scott Smith
Look Before You Leap The very benefits IBDs have used to lure advisors may actually be their undoing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 14, 2009
Halah Touryalai
Financial Advisor Switching Firms Jumps in June June was a busy month for financial advisors on the move. The number of advisors switching firms jumped 45 percent in June versus May, according to Discovery Database. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 29, 2009
Halah Touryalai
Wirehouse Advisors Switch Firms in March The number of reps switching broker/dealers during the month was up 34 percent versus the number who switched in February. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 14, 2012
Diana Britton
Yield of Dreams: IBD's Biggest Competition Might be a Custodian As margins continue to be squeezed, IBDs are going to have to get creative with where their revenues comes from, and that means expanding into the RIA and custody market. The question is, who'll make the next move? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 9, 2009
Halah Touryalai
Fewer Advisors Switch B/Ds in May The number of advisors switching firms dropped 23 percent in May versus April, according to Discovery Database. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 8, 2013
Diana Britton
Moving on Up: Go Independent and Make More $ Advisors who switched firms saw a jump in their compensation, especially among those who went independent. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 5, 2012
Diana Britton
A Regional Resurgence After years of being considered acquisition targets, regional broker/dealers may be making a comeback. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2005
Matt Barthel
RIAs in Flux The pioneering ways of registered investment advisors (RIAs) are coming back to bite them. Once on the cutting edge of "holistic" financial planning and fee-based client relationships, RIAs are now just one of a pack of firms offering such services. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2012
Diana Britton
Breaking Out: A New Era in Insurance Insurance firms constantly go through cycles of acquisition and sale when it comes to their broker/dealer subsidiaries. But the current sell cycle is different, and it may shake up how the business works. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 29, 2012
Jerry Gleeson
Devil Take the Hindmost The headlines in the media note that advisor headcount was down 2.3 percent overall in 2011. But it was the independent broker/dealer market that accounted for the biggest hit in the numbers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2010
Halah Touryalai
Outgrowing the SERIES 7 There is a coveted cohort of dually registered advisors who are dropping their Series 7 licenses and leaving their b/ds behind. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2009
Halah Touryalai
No Buyers--Still--For AIG-owned B/Ds AIG announced its plan to sell its independent broker/dealers back around October 2008. Six months later, nothing has changed except that reps we spoke to are even more frustrated. Some say they are ready to bolt. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
June 2009
James J. Green
Numerology: Fund Flows Bounce Back Independent and regional broker/dealers, along with RIAs, will account for the majority of mutual fund net sales by the year 2013. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 2, 2011
Diana Britton
America's Top Independent Brokerages The Merrills and Morgan Stanleys of the world say it was never an exodus, the migration is over, and it was only those advisors who couldn't make it in the cutthroat wirehouse world who crossed over to the independent side of the business. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008
Meet the Indies Choosing an independent broker/dealer to join isn't easy. We speak with five heads of independent broker/dealers about their businesses, an why you should join them. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell
Not So Fast Cerulli Associates data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 30, 2012
Jerry Gleeson
Failing at Succession? Cerulli Associates estimates that nearly 60 percent of advisors who are within five years of retiring expect to sell their business to an unidentified buyer. Five years is not enough time. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 23, 2012
Diana Britton
Virgin Banks Few community banks and credit unions offer wealth management services to their customers. But many of these firms are struggling and looking for new sources of income. Broker/dealers are finally tapping these untouched firms with revenue-sharing partnerships. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2009
Conrad & Mitchell
Indies' Gain Ground Registered investment advisor firms, independent broker-dealers and dually registered advisors are gaining market shares at the expense of wirehouses. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
November 2009
James J. Green
Hybrids on the Rise Asset managers have reacted to the market crisis of 2008 by cutting their overall salesforce personnel by about 5%. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 29, 2013
Diana Britton
No Man Is an Island Independent broker/dealers are dressing up their offerings to attract and retain advisors tempted to start their own RIAs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 16, 2010
Mindy Diamond
Recruiting Bonuses Are Still Strong TD Ameritrade, Schwab, Fidelity and Pershing are all reporting that their pipelines of interested advisors is more robust than ever in their collective histories. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 20, 2012
Diana Britton
Are Your Clients Cheating on You? Probably You may be in denial, but chances are, your clients are cheating on you. A recent report by Cerulli Associates found that 74 percent of investors own a direct investing account, but advisors believe it's much less. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 31, 2015
Diana Britton
Perks of Being an IBD Advisor Many b/ds offer their reps special perks and incentives beyond payout mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 28, 2013
Diana Britton
60 seconds with Scott Collins We asked the Director of Advisor Transitions for TD Ameritrade Institutional what can we expect to change in advisor recruiting going forward? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 7, 2012
Kristen French
More Advisors Wearing Investment Management Hat Financial advisors at broker/dealers are increasingly taking the reins on their clients' fee-based accounts, according to a report out from Cerulli Associates today. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
September 4, 2013
Megan Leonhardt
The Golden Handcuffs Come Off This year was arguably the best time to snag free-agent advisors from the wirehouses, with 21 percent of the big four firms' retention packages expiring, according to data compiled by Cerulli Associates in IMCA's quarterly research report. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 15, 2010
Diana Britton
How One Wealth Management Firm Intends To Grow Amid Competition At a time when recruitment activity in the independent broker/dealer channel has slowed, Capital Guardian Wealth Management, a hybrid firm, is undergoing a major growth initiative, with plans to add 15 advisors by year-end. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2004
A Smaller Share of SMAs for the Lions Distribution Channels: Share of Separate Account Assets mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 7, 2011
Kristen French
Switching To Independent Model Keeps Up Pace Migration to the independent financial advisor model -- independent b/ds and RIAs -- is likely to continue unabated in 2011. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2007
The Process How can an advisor be sure to find a new independent b/d that is the right fit? With so many firms to choose from, how can a rep begin to narrow down his search? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Christopher O'Leary
Going All the Way Across the country, registered rep employees of national broker/dealers daydream of chucking it all and going off on their own. But how far do you go? Which is the best model for keeping the most of what your business generates? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2012
So You Think You're A Financial Planner? A recent study from industry research firm Cerulli Associates looked at advisors across all channels and compared how they describe themselves with how they actually do business. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 4, 2013
Diana Britton
Fading Bull Our annual compensation survey shows advisors are riding the market rally -- so what happens when it ends? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 28, 2002
David A. Gaffen
Independent Advisors Squeezed in Downturn "Part of it is due to competitive pressures, but the bulk of problems they're experiencing are really due to what I call the price of independence, which doesn't show during a ten-year bull market." mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2015
Megan Leonhardt
Compensation Survey 2015: Crunching the Numbers The industry has come a long way in embracing a fee-based business. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2007
Kara P. Stapleton
Changes Ahead for 403(b)s Retirement plan advisors, distributors, and providers are finding themselves responding on the fly to the trends shaping the 403(b) and 457 markets. New regulations will add paperwork and confusion say critics. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai
The Winner's Curse Many advisors independent b/ds recruit have now unrealistic expectations: They want full technical and marketing support, as well as help understanding products and asset managers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Philip Palaveev
The New Model: The Fee-Only Broker/Dealer Independent broker/dealers must tackle head-on the causes of their frustration if they wish to survive. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 4, 2013
Diana Britton
Faking It: Our Third-Annual IBD Report Card Survey The economics of the IBD business haven't changed; independent b/ds are up against it. They're faced with rising regulatory costs and a greater demand for technology investment to stay competitive. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
David A. Geracioti
What Advisors Look Like Now Here are selected highlights from a reader survey selected from wirehouses, independent broker/dealers, RIAs, financial planners, bank brokers and insurance reps that offers a pulse from this demographic on business trends. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 29, 2014
Diana Britton
One Strike, You're Out When it comes to the world of independent broker/dealers, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is cracking down. Its stated 2014 priority is to focus its regulatory firepower on "high-risk" brokers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2006
John Churchill
More, More, More Faced with growing competition from other advice providers and fewer inherent advantages in the way of products and platform capabilities, wirehouse brokers will feel pressure to do more fee-based business and to make wealthier clients a bigger part of their practice. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 31, 2015
Megan Leonhardt
The Increasingly Happy Broker Generally speaking, the smaller the firm, the happier the broker, according to our fifth Independent Broker/Dealer Report Card survey. mark for My Articles similar articles