Selling smaller client relationships allows advisers to slow down but stay in the game a little longer. It's not easy but more are taking the plunge.
In a highly anticipated move, RCS Capital Corp. said that it intends to create a retention package for the 9,000 registered representatives and investment advisers that it has acquired since the company had its initial public offering last June.
Selling a practice through a change-of-control liquidity event is not a real succession plan and not what advisers should want.
Wall Street's bonus pool rose to $26.7 billion in 2013 as profits from broker-dealer operations on the New York Stock Exchange fell by 30%, according to estimates by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
The broad investing public isn't exactly riveted by the controversy surrounding the so-called “fiduciary standard,” but they should be.
New version of Advisor Xi scheduled for launch this spring.
This ultimately lucrative market is all work and little pay in the early part of the relationship.
Advisers must be proactive, utilizing a multi- pronged approach to create a better connection with clients and their beneficiaries.
Firm shifts shifting some top brass to create a new role focused on strategy and client management.
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J.P. Morgan Securities recruits come from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bernstein and UBS.
After three decades, the metaphor has become cliché. But the underlying concepts of inequity and exclusion associated with the glass ceiling are still evident across most industries.
Finra plans to revive a proposal that would require brokers to offer customers easier access to their profile in its BrokerCheck database. It's been modified since the first time the regulator floated it. <i>(See what happened to the <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20130424/FREE/130429972"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">first plan</a>.)</i>
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Utilizing data collected from more than 400 firms, <i>IN</i> Research's National Adviser Compensation Database allows advisers to benchmark their staffing levels and compensation against some of the biggest and fastest-growing firms in the industry.
It's as much give as take in these valuable relationships.
Outgoing regional director Ron Sallet had talks with Dynasty, sources say.
Jonathan Blau founds Fusion Family Wealth with four team members
Strong profits from asset fees and potential regulatory changes are keeping most wirehouse reps in their seats, as the firms have mostly maintained their adviser forces since the third quarter of 2011.<br><i>(Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20131031/FREE/131039980">Wall Street's pay gloom</a>)</i>
