Broker-Dealers

Strategic Moves

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United Capital's Joe Duran must see ways to improve an advisory firm's business before he offers to buy it.

Breakaway Brokers

by Tracey Longo

It seems that everywhere you turn, former brokers are launching their own fee-only firms.

FRONTLINE NEWS

Pershing Makes Inroads With Independent Advisors Smart investment advisors will triple their assets in the next four years, according to a new report from Pershing...

ADVISOR EMPORIUM

Pershing Offers New Analytical Tools Pershing LLC has launched a program through which its fixed-income specialists will help investment...

FRONTLINE NEWS

Congress Grills "Senior" Advisor Designations Members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging grilled the financial services industry on...

ADVISOR EMPORIUM

Fidelity Expands Advisor Referral Program Fidelity Investments has expanded its advisor referral program for high-net-worth investors, Wealth...

Demand For Trusts Explodes

by Tracey Longo

Advisors ramp up their game to ensure assets stay with them.

Efficient Rebalancing

by David Lawrence

Here are some ideas to make the job easier when you have to check under the hood and tune up those portfolios.

ADVISOR EMPORIUM

Capital Analysts Relocating To Cincinnati Capital Analysts Inc...

FRONTLINE NEWS

Deal Activity Picks Up Financial advisory firmsZ seeking the best price for their practice might want to look outward rather than inward...

A World For Advisors

by Tracey Longo

The payoff for broker-dealers in their quest to add successful advisors has been higher revenues and more fee-based business.

What's Your Retirement Brand?

by Tracey Longo

Investors are fleeing brokers who don't discuss retirement income with them.

A Velvet Niche

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National Retirement Partners, a network of retirement-focused advisors, has raised its game and clinched its own broker-dealer.

ADVISOR EMPORIUM

Pershing Launches Managed Account Network Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Co. Inc...

Now What?

by Richard B. Wagner

With FPA's win in its lawsuit against the SEC, financial advisors need to reflect on what that means for the profession.

The Big Picture

by Tracey Longo

Clearing firms stake their future on helping advisors' businesses grow.

One For The Ages

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Always an entrepreneur, 90-year-old Joe Leonard reflects on almost 50 years in financial services.

Follow The Money

by Raymond Fazzi

Broker-dealers sum up the future of advisory services in two words: rich folks.

Bucking the Trend

by David J. Drucker

Can wirehouses deliver on their advertising promises when employee restrictions are the same?

Merging Traffic

by David L. Lawrence

Settling operational issues in advance lays the foundation for a successful merger.