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Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Philip Palaveev
Be Careful What You Wish For Understanding the advisor and independent broker-dealer relationship. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2012
Karen DeMasters
The Great Migration Though they aren't moving as fast as they were a few years ago, advisors are still in play for independent broker-dealers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
June 2007
Sherri Scordo
Financial Advisor's 2007 Broker-Dealer Guide Top independent broker-dealers ranked by gross revenue: LPL... AIG Advisors Group... ING Advisors Network... etc. 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
Financial Advisor
November 2010
David Lawrence
Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to broker-dealers? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Bruce W. Fraser
How To Survive The SEC Assault Advisors cite a new, more demanding compliance environment. Despite the extra financial and time burden, many advisors feel much better about their businesses, having gone through the compliance process. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
February 1, 2010
Marion Asnes
One Fee to Bind Them In 2009, broker-dealer Capital Analysts introduced a new flat-fee business model. So how's it going? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien
Set Me Free LPL Financial staked a bigger claim on the independent advisor market last month with the announcement that the broker-dealer will allow its advisors to do business under their own RIA. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Eric Rasmussen
Wish Upon An 'IAR' RIA or IAR? Registered investment advisor or independent advisor representative; the anagram you choose will depend on how big you are and how independent you want to be. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 8, 2011
Diana Britton
IBDs Dress Up Offerings For Hybrids Independent broker-dealers have lately been ramping up their efforts to attract hybrid advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2010
Raymond Fazzi
Looking To Streamline Now that they've experienced the harsh consequences of poor business management, fee-based advisors are looking to their custodians and broker-dealers for all the help they can get. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2006
Tracey Longo
Late Summer Recruiting While the recruiting party will get tougher some day for broker-dealers who cater to independent advisors and reps, for now they are enjoying their competitive advantage: They give brokers and advisors who want to own their own business the chance to do that. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2010
Paul Menchaca
Survivor Island Firms that endured the worst of the financial crisis and lived to tell about it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
November 2012
Mary Rowland
Tough Test An entrepreneur evaluates advisors for the wealthy. These families now have a "search firm" to perform due diligence on advisors and help the families find exactly the right one. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Eric Rasmussen
Swimming In Shallow Water Broker-dealers face a stagnant rep pool, shrinking margins and the choke hold of regulators. But it's been a boon to the biggest consolidators. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
May 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell
Hybrid's New Groove Registered investment advisor firms looking for ways to expand their businesses might try turning to broker-dealers for a boost. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Sydney LeBlanc
Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
January 2006
Tracey Longo
Working Smarter, Not Harder As more independent broker-dealers set themselves up as strategic outsourcing partners, they are finding bigger and better firms driven to their door by stagnant or shrinking profit margins and the accelerating compliance melee. 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
March 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell
Open Season NFP Securities says it will become the first independent broker-dealer to offer hybrid advisors a single platform with complete open architecture, empowering advisors to ally with any major custodian they choose. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2012
David Lawrence
Consolidation Quickens Advisors are increasingly turning to others to increase service and decrease costs. 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
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
Registered Rep.
March 23, 2011
Philip Palaveev
How To Handle An Imploding Broker/Dealer As we watch one independent broker/dealer after another succumb to regulatory action, financial problems or consolidation, many advisors are questioning the security of their very livelihoods. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
July 1, 2010
Bill Willis
Defining A Firm's Label, Where Do You Fit In? We in the securities industry make a big deal of classifications for our firms. However, over the years these categories have become blurred, as have their advantages and weaknesses. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Philip Palaveev
B/D or RIA? How to Decide for Yourself To help make the decision between the registered independent advisor and broker/dealer approach, first ask yourself where you belong. 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 Planning
January 1, 2010
Paul Menchaca
Plains Vision Surrounded by nothing but miles of farmland are the offices of Cambridge Investment Research, a pioneer of the hybrid advisory model. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2005
Chris Radford
Practice Management: What The Survey Doesn't Say Because there are no surefire business plans for success, it takes a unique combination for each financial advisor to find the "x-factor" -- that intangible number in every business opportunity that equals ultimate success. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2011
Donald Jay Korn
FP 50: Revenue Rising The money stream is flowing again: After two years of stagnant or, worse, shrinking revenue, the 50 largest independent broker-dealers report their annual revenues rebounded last year - significantly in many cases. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
May 1, 2011
Five Questions With Sean Walters Sean Walters of the Investment Management Consultants Association shares his thoughts on the industry and credentialing programs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2013
Rachel F. Elson
Commonwealth Financial's Big Fee-Based Bet Commonwealth Financial Network already stands out for its revenue mix. Now it has a new model for RIAs. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
September 1, 2011
Nick Georgis
Taking The Hybrid Road As more advisors transition to independence these days, a growing number of them are choosing to adopt a hybrid business model that lets them conduct both commission-based brokerage business and fee-based advisory business. For many advisors, the hybrid road may offer the best of both worlds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien
FP50: Small Wonders Smaller broker-dealers vow to retain their personalized service as they pursue ambitious goals. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
June 2009
Jeff Schlegel
Money In Motion The economic crisis has wreaked havoc on wirehouses, and more advisors are looking for new opportunities. 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
Financial Advisor
June 2010
Jeff Schlegel
Who's Your Market? Some broker-dealers have niches that set them apart. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
David Spinar
Even the Playing Field Congress needs to standardize the regulations for investment advisors and broker-dealers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
July 2007
Tracey Longo
The Big Picture Clearing firms stake their future on helping financial advisors' businesses grow. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Joni Youngwirth
When To Prune One can find good reasons to cut clients and good reasons not to. Advisors who do are typically happy they took action. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 23, 2011
Jodie Papike
Ninety-five Percent Payout? I Don't Think So The headline payout numbers offered by firms can often be quite misleading so it's not a bad idea to take a second look. There are typically a host of costs that cut into an advisor's net take-home pay, and these can add up. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Jonathan Henschen
Making the Case for Midsized Broker-Dealers Between financial viability and less cumbersome compliance burdens, midsized BDs have a lot going for them mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn
FP50: Pressure Points It's a great time to be in financial services. But broker-dealers' challenges are growing as fast as their opportunities. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Donald B. Trone
All for One... A uniform fiduciary standard of conduct, coupled with harmonized regulations, should dramatically improve the process for investors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
September 2012
Jim McConville
Veteran Industry Group Going After Small To Midsize B-D, Hybrid Markets Calton & Associates Inc. has been acquired by a group of executives, spearheaded by independent brokerage veteran John Simmers, that plans to use the firm as a launching pad for serving the small to midsize independent broker-dealer and hybrid investment advisor market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2012
David Lawrence
Missed Opportunity Most advisors under utilize the technology offered by their broker-dealer or custodian. Why? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Tracey Longo
A Better Way The key to Spire's success is that the hybrid firm offers advisors superior technology, complete freedom and top investment platforms, along with a registered investment advisor affiliation and a newly minted in-house broker-dealer mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2007
David Grau
Protecting Equity As independent advisors move to evaluate, build and realize the equity in their growing practices, one holdover succession practice threatens to undermine their progress. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 7, 2011
Philip Palaveev
The Say on Pay: Registered Rep.'s 2011 Compensation Survey Financial advisors continue to expand their practices, work with more clients and receive ample compensation for their efforts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
April 2009
David Lawrence
Migratory Patterns Advisors who want to move to the independent world should spend a lot of time planning the transition. mark for My Articles similar articles