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Registered Rep.
March 16, 2012
Kristen French
Wire Houses Minting Fiduciary Advisors -- Or Are They? None of the firms will go on record as to whom specifically in the rank and file is adopting the standard, nor will they provide much detail on what that training looks like. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2007
The Great Reckoning Whatever the specific business impact the Merrill Lynch ruling may have, many see the return to pre-1999 rules as a chance for the brokerage industry, which has long avoided fiduciary duty for business and regulatory reasons, to overcome those obstacles and embrace it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2006
Andrew Gluck
New Rule Causes Software Schizophrenia New financial software programs for advisors reflect the difference between fiduciary and suitability requirements. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2006
John Churchill
Of Two Minds An internecine argument at the FPA gets to the heart of one of the industry's more vexing problems: Should brokers be able to position themselves as financial planners? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 5, 2009
Kristen French
Citi Bank Brokerage Converts To All Fees Citigroup announced that it would convert its small North American bank brokerage business completely to a fee-on-assets-based fiduciary advice system, and would stop collecting commissions on stock and fund sales. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2006
Kristen French
Both Sides Now Brokers who hold dual licenses -- both the Series 7 and Series 65 licenses -- will have to take fiduciary responsibility on some accounts. But they can also sell investments, after they make it crystal clear that they're doing so. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
January 2006
Sydney LeBlanc
Embracing The F Word US Fiduciary offers a business model that is attracting ultra-high-end advisors who want to be fiduciaries. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Bob Veres
False Fiduciaries The so-called resolution of the SEC's "Merrill Lynch rule" does nothing to keep brokers from providing financial advice without assuming legal responsibility. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 23, 2010
Halah Touryalai
Clients, The New Breakaways First, there was the breakaway broker phenomenon; now, it seems, we have a growing vogue of breakaway clients -- former wirehouse investors who ditch their old advisors for new ones at independent RIAs or broker/dealers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Callahan & Malo
Hybrid Chic A trend toward hybrids in the financial services industry is emerging. Increasingly, firms, advisors and brokers are establishing practices that manage both commission -- and fee-based businesses. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 2, 2008
Halah Touryalai
RIA Consolidators Going After Wirehouse Reps RIA holding companies are opening their arms to welcome wirehouse advisors, but only the cream of the crop: those who have significant assets under management and heavily fee-based books. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2010
James J. Green
Making the Connection: Communicating with Clients in Uncertain Times A panel of three top RIAs explains how they communicate with their clients in good times and bad, with a focus on the fiduciary issue mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008
John Churchill
Fix Advisor Laws! Laws should reflect the fact that the differences between registered reps and registered investment advisors have largely evaporated. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 30, 2010
Christina Mucciolo
Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002
David A. Geracioti
Outgrowing the Series 7? Registered investment advisors must take the Series 65 exam. As the line between brokers and financial advisors blurs, what responsibilities do brokers that dispense advice and collect a fee based on assets have? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2006
Nancy Lininger
Letters to the Editor The New Advisory-World Order: Commissioned reps have lost clients over the years to discount brokers, day traders and now, the divine fee-only advisor. Firms embracing fees and commissions, and offering the most services and compensation options, will be reborn. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
December 2005
Tracey Longo
The Art Of Being Ethical How financial advisors are turning their ethical approach into a marketing advantage. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Andrew Osterland
Brokering Advice The essential difference between brokers and registered advisors, say financial planners, is fiduciary duty. The notion that b/ds have a lighter burden of regulation than registered advisors, however, is something the securities industry vigorously disputes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 2, 2006
Kristen French
Brokers Learning to Play by New Rules It's no longer business as usual on Wall Street. Starting yesterday, broker/dealers must follow a new SEC rule that requires them to disclose at certain times that they may not be acting in their clients' best interest. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2007
Marshall Eckblad
The United Way The FPA's unexpected victory could pave the way to new regulations that cover both brokers and investment advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Kathleen M. McBride
Migration Time Is repapering accounts for 202(a) the last straw for wirehouse reps? mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Robert F. Keane
Far From Retired Tony Purpero thought he was headed into retirement when he returned to southern California, but instead finds himself working harder than ever to help other current and future retirees. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
January 1, 2009
Frances A. McMorris
The 2009 Challenge: Embracing Change Now that the major earthquakes seem to be over, advisors at the brokerage firms once known as wirehouses increasingly find themselves asking the question: Should I stay or should I go? mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
July 1, 2009
Helen Kearney
The 'F' Word Stirs Up Controversy Advisors who fall under the new fiduciary standard, namely investment advisors who run a fee-based business, must always put clients' interests before of their own. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2010
Halah Touryalai
Citi's Covert Makeover It's a major shift in business for an entire unit to leap in the fee-only RIA world. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
March 2006
Melanie Waddell
Piling On Keeping up with compliance chores will continue to occupy a substantial portion of advisors' time, as industry officials and observers are steadfast in their belief that regulatory scrutiny by the SEC and NASD isn't going away. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2004
John Churchill
If You're a Broker and You Know It As the holiday season approaches, the SEC is getting daily entreaties from registered investment advisors seeking an end to the broker/dealer exemption rule. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Bob Veres
Deconstructing Rand A report written by the Rand Corp. will help the SEC's staff decide who should and should not be registered as an registered investment advisor, and to determine whether investors understand the differences between and relationships among broker-dealers and investment advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
September 10, 2003
David A. Gaffen
Existing Clients Want More Advice The good news for reps is that the world doesn't hate you. The bad news is that acquiring clients -- particularly affluent ones -- is getting a lot more tough. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Raymond Fazzi
Betwixt And Between Hybrid advisors work in both the fee-based and commission worlds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2005
Dan Danford
The IA Soapbox: Sorry, Bob. They Still Don't Get it There is no such thing as incidental financial advice. Either financial planning is being done properly and in the sole interests of the client (as in fee-only) or it's just being used as a ploy to sell investment products. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2010
Melanie Waddell
The Playing Field: The Dodd-Frank Reform Bill Afterlife A fiduciary standard for all may crimp RIAs' competitive edge. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
December 2005
Melanie Waddell
Breaking Away Brokers are finding it easier than ever to go independent, aided by custodians and other independent advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell
Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas. 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
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Bob Clark
The Empire Strikes Back Wall Street's crafty response to its whipping over the Merrill rule. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Kathleen M. McBride
B/d Briefing: A New Regulatory Framework? In a move that may be the opening salvo in a fight for unified investor protection rules, the SEC is seeking information from potential contractors to conduct a study about how investments and advice are marketed to individual investors. 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.
June 2, 2015
Megan Leonhardt
Compensation Survey 2015: The Slowly Disappearing Commission Moving from a commission-based business to one based on fees, advocates argue, removes conflicts and puts advisors on the same side of the table as their clients. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005
John Churchill
A Monster Issue Will the SEC withdraw the Broker-Dealer Exemption, causing reps to back away from adviser status? If so, the impact could cause substantial disruption in the markets. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 8, 2005
John Churchill
`Merrill Rule' Debate Not Over The SEC unanimously voted to allow Series 7 holders, or registered reps, to position themselves as financial advisors -- with certain caveats. But once again the SEC seemed to hedge its bet. So the debate rages on. 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
Financial Advisor
January 2006
Raymond Fazzi
Declaration Of Independence More financial planners are leaving wirehouses to become fee-based RIAs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2010
Scott A. MacKillop
One Standard, Period The debate over the fiduciary standard should be about clients - and it would be over in a heartbeat if it were. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
July 1, 2010
Frances A. McMorris
The Burgeoning Battle For The Best And The Brightest What are the wirehouse behemoths doing to keep their advisors happy, attract others, and, in turn, maintain the bulk of high-net-worth client assets? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 3, 2008
Christina Mucciolo
SEC's RAND Study Released The SEC release the results of the RAND study, which examined how broker/dealers and investment advisors market products and services to investors, and how investors understand the differences between investment advisors and broker/dealers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2007
Bob Veres
Victory, for Now Brokerage firms have little choice but to adapt to a world in which their traditional service -- clearing trades and executing transactions -- has become "solely incidental" to the increasingly valuable business of providing advice. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
November 2008
Gail Liberman
War Breaks Out For Wirehouse Brokers The economic crisis on Wall Street, among many other things, is causing wirehouse brokers to reconsider the value proposition offered by the giant financial service firms. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
January 2005
Tracey Longo
How Fee-Based Programs Led 2004 Brokerage Profits Fee-based profitability is not lost on brokerage executives, who are ramping up programs designed to attract more planners to a fee-based business model and away from traditional commissions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell
More Plans for All A universal fiduciary standard could be great for consumers, but financial planners may get less benefit than they think. mark for My Articles similar articles