Last month, I was invited to the annual Royal Alliance National Education Conference, hosted by the independent broker/dealer at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It's a heady time for independent advisors. Indies are...
It's not just banks that are poaching reps from wirehouses and regional firms. According to various recruiters, the tax preparation company H&R Block is in the midst of a push to hire large numbers of brokers. The...
LAS VEGAS If the Royal Alliance National Education Conference is any indication, independents are thinking one thing: The time to strike at wirehouses is now. The annual conference, held in late May at the MGM Grand...
In the Spitzer Files (evidence released with New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer's $1.4 billion settlement with Wall Street), brokers say the darnedest things about Jack Grubman.
