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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.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca |
Tale of a Tough Year What the numbers show: a dramatic seven-month stock market rally was not enough to help most of the top 50 broker-dealers counter the aftershocks of the financial crisis.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
FP50: Behind the Numbers Revenues among the top 50 broker-dealers soared, costs fell and reps took home more money than ever. But the biggest winners in this year's survey were fee-based products.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Stacy Shultz |
Lookin' Good, Broker Dealers As baby boomers approach retirement, some believe there could be no better time to be in the financial services industry.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2013 Ann Marsh |
FP50: Big IBDs Hit a Speed Bump Is the boom over? After years of double-digit growth, independent broker-dealers hit a rough patch in 2012. We report from the front lines of the FP50.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
All Systems Go Clients and income hold steady in the financial services industry.  |
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.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Paul Menchaca |
Oh, the Drama The broker-dealers who spoke to Financial Planning in this year's annual survey are busy negotiating the downturn by improving their infrastructure, expanding through recruitment and eyeing an economic rebound.  |
Financial Advisor August 2004 Tracey Longo |
All Aboard Planners and advisors continue to switch independent broker-dealers.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Clearly, Competition LPL's clearing deal with AXA Advisors prompts questions about recruitment among independent broker-dealers.  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor January 2007 Tracey Longo |
Allure Of Independence Remains Bright Independent broker-dealers step up their recruiting efforts among reps and the already liberated.  |
Financial Advisor May 2006 Tracey Longo |
What Have You Done For Me Lately? The race is on among independent broker-dealers to recruit more top fee-based advisors.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2006 Eckblad & Black |
FP50: Behind the Numbers Broker-dealers are reporting healthy growth -- especially in fee revenue.  |
Financial Advisor August 2005 David J. Drucker |
An Uncommon Practice Management Guru What's so special about Joni Youngwirth? How about the career history and specialized training that make her the perfect advisor to reps, not to mention the passion she brings to her position, vice president of practice management.  |
Financial Advisor January 2004 Tracey Longo |
Reversal Of Fortune Independent brokerage firms experienced a turnaround in 2003.  |
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.  |
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The Top 30 Independent Broker/Dealers in 2015 The list below is comprised of the 30 largest IBDs ranked by average assets under management per advisor, as of 2014.  |
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.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2006 Joan Warner |
FP50: Where the Growth Is With their market share growing 20% a year and the boomer generation's accumulated treasure to deploy, independent broker-dealers are on a prosperous path.  |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Raymond Fazzi |
Follow The Money Broker-dealers sum up the future of advisory services in two words: rich folks.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Black & Liptow |
FP50: The Rising Tide Among the 50 largest independent financial advisory firms--this year's FP50--revenues and assets under management were up, and losses were down. The leaders are holding their top slots, while many newbies are growing at a dramatic clip.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
What's in it for YOU Broker-dealers are ramping up their recruiting efforts and courting top planners. Here's what they're looking for -- and what they're putting on the table.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 David J. Drucker |
Fee-Based Confusion Cambridge, Commonwealth and Securities America aren't your father's broker-dealers. Although they count reps of all compensation stripes within their ranks, they're clearly leading the new generation to a more professional business model.  |
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.  |
Investment Advisor June 1, 2011 John Sullivan |
2011 Broker-Dealer Presidents' Poll--Slideshow Broker-dealer recruiting expert Jon Henschen talks about the state of the industry, what it means for reps and what it means for clients.  |
Financial Advisor May 2009 David J. Drucker |
Crisis Intervention Broker/Dealers unveil new programs to help advisors survive the recession.  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor February 2006 Joel Bruckenstein |
Rep Tech A broker-dealer's technology can play a key role in a rep's success and satisfaction. Perhaps independent reps should regularly compare the technology that their B-D offers against what leaders in the field have to offer.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca |
Survivor Island Firms that endured the worst of the financial crisis and lived to tell about it.  |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: The Image is All Important Document imaging is becoming a must-have technical solution for compliance-conscious financial advisors.  |
On Wall Street July 1, 2012 Donald Jay Korn |
Ranking Wirehouses, Regionals Working the Employee Advisor Business A recent report from Cerulli Associates criticized the wirehouses for focusing on higher net worth clients. The result was that these firms were giving away the middle market (investors with $100,000 to $500,000 of assets to invest) to competitors.  |
Financial Advisor August 2005 Tracey Longo |
Independents Believe Bigger Is Better--And Cheaper Faced with higher costs, broker-dealers are targeting larger advisors.  |
Investment Advisor September 2006 Lauren Barack |
Going Mobile To compete, broker/dealers are improving their technology platforms, with an eye on mobility.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Andy Effron |
Practice Tips Finding time to recruit reps and grow your practice can be challenging. But if you're willing to supervise, perform audits and have a Series 24, you can potentially act as an Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction and collect overrides from reps.  |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Sherri Scordo |
Indepedent Broker-Dealers/Financial Advisor's 2007 Snapshot of Leading Firms Advantage Capital Corporation... AIG Financial Advisors... American General Securities, Inc... etc.  |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Tracey Longo |
Is Any Stone Unturned? Is the NASD's regulatory clampdown over? Major changes are in place at the sales force level.  |
Investment Advisor May 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
B/D Briefing: Pick Three In a recent reader survey, when asked where reps would go if they were to consider moving to another B/D, three firms were consistently mentioned: Commonwealth Financial Network, LPL Financial Services and Raymond James Financial Services. Here's why.  |
Registered Rep. July 22, 2010 Christina Mucciolo |
Raymond James Financial and Wells Fargo Retail Brokerage Units Hang In There A report on earnings from two major financial firms.  |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Will Leitch |
For Advisors, 2003 Was a Better Year The fortunes of advisors took a turn for the better in 2003, according to the annual report from the Securities Industry Association.  |
Registered Rep. August 10, 2011 Diana Britton |
LPL Conference Opens with New Initiatives, Support for Advisors LPL Financial kicked off its annual conference in Chicago on Monday by ringing the opening bell of the NASDAQ stock exchange and announcing some new initiatives aimed at supporting advisors.  |
Registered Rep. May 2, 2007 Kevin Burke |
It's Not About the Money The firms that have the highest number of satisfied financial advisors aren't necessarily the ones with the highest-paid financial advisors. Industry experts say that what really drives advisors to jump is friction with a supervisor.  |
Investment Advisor May 1, 2011 John Sullivan |
Catching up with... Joe Richard "The difference is we're smaller," says Joe Richard, when asked what, specifically, Wall Street Financial Group does better than anyone else.  |
Financial Advisor April 2009 Sherri Scordo |
LPL Seeing Explosive Recruiting Growth The turbulence sweeping the financial services industry, coupled with the continued deterioration of some of the nation's largest securities firms, is triggering explosive recruiting growth at LPL Financial, the nation's largest independent brokerage firm.  |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 John Churchill |
UBS: You Against Us? According to rank-and-file reps surveyed, UBS brass did a lot of things right this year and can take a bow -- and then quickly straighten up and fix the rest of what reps say is still ailing the firm.  |