Independent Broker Dealers

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INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 11, 2013
Symetra to sell its broker-dealer to John Hancock

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 11, 2013
Adviser numbers will continue to slide: Cerulli

Financial adviser and IBD headcounts continue to shrink as training can't catch up with the drain of talent. But how's the rest of the business faring?

By AOSTERLAND
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 11, 2013
Brightscope set to push out adviser fees

Get ready for a new level of transparency. Brightscope is gathering fee info from ADV forms and plans to begin publishing it later this year. Dan Jamieson has the details.

By DJAMIESON
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 10, 2013
Agenda item

Changes are expected as Finra considers its controversial broker-comp rule this week. Industry watchers say wirehouses are largely backing a recruiting incentive regulation but IBDs oppose it.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
So your client just won the lottery ...
EQUITIES SEP 10, 2013
So your client just won the lottery ...

By Joshua Brown
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 09, 2013
Is Investors Capital in play?

Spike in trading and share price fuel speculation that B-D parent is acquisition target.

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES SEP 08, 2013
Galvin goes back for more

Mass. regulator hits IBDs with new sanctions over nontraded REITs.

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 03, 2013
Where the largest indie B-Ds clear

By mlanche
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 03, 2013
Cetera skyrockets into first tier

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 28, 2013
RIAs vs. wirehouses: who will gather more share?

RIAs continue to surge while full-service brokerage firms sputter

By DJAMIESON
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 27, 2013
Kelly: Hot new investment vehicle raises opportunities — and questions

Sponsors are cautioning reps who sell interval funds to do their homework first.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH AUG 25, 2013
LPL ratchets up effort to "mobilize' its troops

By DJAMIESON
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 25, 2013
LPL CEO on tech, a bank, regulators

Catching up with Mark Casady at the firm's annual adviser conference.

By DJAMIESON
EQUITIES AUG 20, 2013
The Takeaway: The trouble with low-volatility funds

By Joshua Brown
EQUITIES AUG 20, 2013
The Takeaway: Where active managers have an edge

By Joshua Brown
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 18, 2013
Jones moves to capitalize on fee business

With more than half of its revenue coming from fees, Edward Jones plans to start selling proprietary investment products in a sharp break from the past.

By JKEPHART
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 14, 2013
Raymond James snags four industry bigs in RIA push

New hires to serve as regional directors; firm plans big advertising push.

By DJAMIESON
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 12, 2013
Focus beefs up breakaway-broker recruiting team

New hires to target largest wirehouse teams looking to go independent.

By AOSTERLAND
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 11, 2013
Attracting RIAs with more services

By DJAMIESON
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 11, 2013
Channel changes and hybrids keep firms on their toes

By DJAMIESON