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Advisors’ gross production varied widely by firm in this year’s survey results, with Morgan Stanley advisors reportedly taking the crown by a wide margin. But while advisors across all firms reported increasing their gross payout by 12 percent ov...
While most advisors report that their revenue payouts hover in the traditional 40 to 45 percent range, Wells Fargo advisors report receiving the lowest range and Morgan Stanley the highest.
Yet while these firms are often criticized for their ...
It’s no surprise that younger advisors have fewer assets under management, yet they are growing at a faster clip. Advisors under the age of 35 reported managing $69 million in assets on average, compared to the $128 million managed by advisors ag...
Of the advisors who participated in the 2015 Broker Report Card, 21 percent were women. Eleven percent of advisors were under the age of 35.
Battle of the Sexes
Female brokers make a third less than their male counterparts, according to th...
The Department of Labor is set to rule that brokers working with retirement accounts meet a fiduciary standard. Half of older advisors believe that will have a negative impact on their business, productivity and clients; younger advisors are less...
For those advisors employed at national broker firms, overall satisfaction took a hit as markets remain uncertain. But helping to boost firms’ approval ratings is the investments firms have made in areas like technology, leadership and some busin...
In-person meetings will continue to the be the dominant way advisors communicate with their clients in 10 years, according to SEI's 2025 prediction survey, with 58 percent of advisors saying that will remain their top way to work with...
How can the financial services industry expect investors to understand and care if their advisor is acting as a fiduciary when many participants don’t even grasp all the implications...
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What would advisors do with an extra dollar? Most would put it towards growth opportunities, according to the 2015 Scottrade Advisor Services Study. This was the top answer among advisors of all...
What took the Department of Labor five years to accomplish will take lawmakers just over a month. A group of bipartisan lawmakers said Friday they plan to introduce a legislative proposal to ensure advisors act in their clients' best...
