The independent broker-dealer industry fattened up last year on the sale of nontraded real estate investment trusts. The question hanging over IBDs now is whether advisers are prudently reallocating the money of clients who are invested in nontraded REITs, particularly as the trusts continue to perform well and return capital to investors through listings or mergers.
A report from the North American Securities Administrators Association uncovered a wide disparity in how broker-dealers disclose the fees they charge and questionable practices regarding markups.
Comment letters show independent B-Ds want no part of it, while wirehouses are all for it.
William Morrissey, a 10-year company vet responsible for recruiting new advisers and their practices, was appointed head of LPL Financial's Independent Advisor Services unit.
If the industry hopes to build trust, clients have to understand what they're paying, executive tells crowd at conference in New York.
LPL Financial has suffered a recruiting slowdown in the first quarter and puts part of the blame on an unusual factor — this winter's rough weather.
Motif launches platform for advisers to ease, speed portfolio re-balancing.
For <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> today: Regis as a hedgie? Plus: No recession in sight; keeping it loose in Europe; debating monkey business; a Pimco PM hangs it up for a food truck and complaining about gas prices.
See if you can answer the most common questions clients pose on their benefits.
At <i>IN</i>'s Retirement Income Summit, advice on helping ensure more female clients stick with their adviser. To start, bring them into the conversation while they are still part of a couple.
Commissioner Daniel Gallagher says adviser stats likely equal to registered rep stats from Finra.
Morgan Stanley chief financial officer Ruth Porat called the low number of women running U.S. companies an “embarrassment” that shows the need for new laws.
Products include nontraded REITs, oil and gas partnerships, BDCs, hedge funds and managed futures.
One way to address the lack of minorities is to be open about it
Sallie Krawcheck, the former Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. executive, said women lost ground on Wall Street after the financial crisis because executives and boards hired people who looked like them.
Lincoln National's variable annuity deposits hit $3.4 billion at the life insurer during the third quarter, reflecting a 56% increase from the year-ago period, but execs want to shift more to contracts without living benefits.
Seven-week block applies only to products with guaranteed living benefits, not fixed and indexed annuities.
Willing to pay more than $85 a share; undeterred by earlier rejection.
Heading into the second half of the year, Nuveen's chief equity strategist reviews his 2014 expectations.
Deep unease remains about the future: 'How do you not worry if your 27-year-old is living at home? There is a general and a genuine concern that the future for the next generation isn't going to be as good as the past generation.'
