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Investment Advisor June 2008 Jonathan Henschen	Transfer Time For advisors pondering a move from a wirehouse to an independent broker/dealer with visions of large, forgivable transition loans dancing in their heads, it's time for a reality check.
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 August 2004 Tracey Longo	All Aboard Planners and advisors continue to switch independent broker-dealers.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 Jonathan Arfa	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Brokers partner up for a variety of reasons. Some kind of contract is needed when a partnership between members of a team of brokers is formed, whether it be between a senior broker and junior colleagues or just between two seasoned brokers. Brokers should consider this contract seriously.
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.
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Ray Sclafani	Reinvention Time If you're thinking of making significant changes to your independent finance business, you'll need a strategic plan and help in navigating the complexities of transition.
Registered Rep. April 9, 2012 Philip Palaveev	Advisors at Acquired Firms Must Decide: Stay, or Go? Here's Some Tips Staying or going is a critical decision for your practice and given the gravity and consequences of that decision every advisor should take control of the situation. Whether you are staying or going, you should do that on your own terms and not let indecision be the final arbiter.
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?
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.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 John Churchill	A.G.E. to Catch a Rep Instead of buying brokers like its peers with offers of big upfront forgivable loans, A.G. Edwards is offering its own reps bonuses for successfully recruiting good reps.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 John Churchill	The Money Squeeze There's one thing that stands between the big retail brokerage firms and the high profit margins that the executives of these firms and their investors seek: the financial advisor.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	The Entrepreneur Equation Many a rep dreams of going independent, if only for a minute. But is it worth it, especially these days when most firms are offering record upfront signing bonuses?
Registered Rep. April 28, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Wachovia's Banking Unit Has New Deal for Reps Wachovia Securities, which offers reps several different affiliation levels, has predictably come up with a recruiting deal that has several different plans reps can choose from. This particular deal is only for those reps applying to work in the bank branches.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Are Forgivable Loans Next? Amid other industry-wide investigations by regulators, forgivable loans, or signing bonuses used to entice successful reps to leave one brokerage house for another, are now being scrutinized.
Registered Rep. September 13, 2010 Susan Konig	Wirehouse Recruiting Stalls, Deals Keep Rising but Fewer Advisors Moving These days there are a lot more strings attached to recruiting packages and in the current market they're not great for brokers or firms.
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.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008	How to Dance the Wall Street Shuffle There's no such thing as an easy route to independence. But there are some things reps can do to ease the transition.
PHONE+ December 30, 2009 Liu & Crowe	Contracts: What Are the Basic Components of an Agent Agreement? A well-drafted agreement will define the rights and responsibilities of the parties involved, so as to minimize the risks that come from uncertainty and misunderstandings.
Financial Planning June 1, 2005	FP50: The Results The 50 largest independent financial advisory firms--this year's FP50--in words and graphs.
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 May 31, 2006	FP50: The Results The broker-dealer data broken down: Total Revenues... Reps and Production... Products: Commission and Fee-Based... Corporate Staff... etc.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 Janet Arrowood	When a Partner Leaves What many partners should do -- and what any rep with an insurance license can help with -- is to fund a buy/sell agreement with life insurance. Before you can come up with the appropriate insurance solution, it is important to understand the thinking that went into the structuring of the buy/sell agreement.
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 Planning June 1, 2013	How the FP50 List Was Compiled The results of Financial Planning's 28th annual survey of independent broker-dealers are based on data provided by 78 participating firms.
Financial Advisor May 2011 Daniel Bernstein	The Goldilocks Dilemma The greatest problem with client agreements today is the shortcut approach too many advisors take.
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.
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.
Financial Advisor November 2011 Jeff Schlegel	Back In Gear After a slow period, recruiting is revving up again among broker-dealers.
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. 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?
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.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	Creating an Escape Plan Independence has long been a dream of many wirehouse reps. But for the great majority of wirehouse pros, it remains simply that. Going independent is a proposition fraught with peril and is not to be taken lightly.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 William A. Jacobson	Don't Do It Turning down a transition package is not an easy thing to do, but when confronted with an offer of "upfront money," the two smartest words an advisor can utter are, "No thanks."
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 James E. Warren Jr.	Beyond the Payout Eight critical points that every financial advisor contemplating a change of affiliation should consider.
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.
Registered Rep. May 14, 2013 Mindy Diamond	The Economics of Choice In many cases, the economics of the independent model can be exponentially better than those being touted by the wirehouses today.
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.
Registered Rep. June 27, 2011 Diana Britton	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly It seems like every week, another independent broker/dealer goes under or up for sale because of a bad private placement or other problematic alternative investments. All that turmoil has left a pool of advisors out in the cold, looking for new firms to call home.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005	Death by Nickels and Dimes Although I signed a contract that stipulated ticket charges would be $15, they are now up to $35. Can I do anything to avoid paying more or even go back to the original number?
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.
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.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2007 Erik Kolb	Recruits In The Driver's Seat Recruiting in the independent broker/dealer business has reached a fever pitch. Firms have responded with recruiting incentives such as deferred compensation, transition financing, practice-management help, and sign-on bonuses.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Janet C. Arrowood	Calling in a Specialist For reps wishing to sell more insurance, there is an option: leaning more heavily on an insurance specialist. Insurance is something that most clients need, and by supplying them with it, the advisor is fulfilling the most important part of his calling.
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad	5 Questions With the SEC's Merrill Rule gone, Brian Corkery and Scott Donnelly of asset manager FundQuest help broker-dealers make fee-based accounts compliant.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	Customize Your Career As a result of broker dissatisfaction with the status quo, the increasing clout of top producers (at some firms) and the need for firms to keep successful reps happy, we're beginning to see quite a bit more flexibility.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Raymond Fazzi	Disclose, Baby, Disclose Firms such as Schwab, Fidelity, LPL and Raymond James have made no secret of their desire to take advantage of the distress on Wall Street by luring top producers from Merrill Lynch and other troubled wirehouses.
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Registered Rep. August 29, 2014 Mindy Diamond	Ten Years of Myths and Moving Why advisors need to purge common "myths" from their thinking about changing jobs.