Two performance trends have stood out across world markets during 2013. The first is the strong outperformance by equities over bonds. The second is the strong returns of the U.S. stock market relative to other stock markets around the world...
Non-Traded REIT’s
American Realty Capital Properties to acquire Cole Real Estate Investments
The price: $7.3 billion plus the assumption of $3.9 billion in debt, for a total of $11.2 billion. The acquisition, which is expected to close...
WealthManagement.com: What pressures are IBDs under these days?
Wayne Bloom: Regulatory and compliance, leading to increased costs. And that’s multi-faceted reform; it’s Dodd-Frank; it’s pay-to-play, rules that resulted in this sort of pos...
Eugene Fama and Lars Peter Hansen of the University of Chicago and Robert Shiller of Yale were the winners of the Nobel prize in economics. At first glance, one might wonder how the Nobel prize could be awarded to research work done in the sa...
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...
