WealthManagement.com: This is a new role for you at Advisor Group. What is your strategy?
Erica McGinnis: My main goal is to continue to work closely with our four broker/dealer presidents to continue to retain our advisors and recruit new...
WealthManagement.com: What pressures are IBDs under these days?
Jim Nagengast: The main pressure is the regulatory pressure. If you look at last year, we dealt with two major pieces of regulation—rule 2111 on the suitability guidelines and...
The independent model may be attractive for its high payout, but setting up your own office can be difficult—and costly.
“It’s like moving across the country, from New York to California,” says Philip Palaveev, owner and CEO of The Ensembl...
Which of the following best describes your outlook for the global economy over the next 12 months? (544 respondents)
Which of the following best describes your outlook for th...
Fewer advisors are pursuing or holding designations this year, according to WealthManagement.com’s 2013 AdvisorBenchmarking RIA Trend Report. Percentages declined for all Series licenses, except the Series 6, with the Series 65 garnering atten...
The adage to “invest when there’s blood in the streets” could easily apply to aggregators of registered investment advisors in the period after the 2008 crash. For firms with national aspirations and hunger for scale, the fields were rich with...