Ameriprise Profits Rise on Record Advisor Productivity

Apr 26, 2011

Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) said its first quarter net income was at $241 million, a 13 percent boost from $214 million a year ago. Meanwhile, the firm reported its best quarterly advisor productivity ever at $95,000, up 23 percent from 2010...

LPL Reports First Quarter Income Up 92 Percent

Apr 25, 2011

LPL Financial reported net income of $49 million, or 43 cents a share for the first quarter of 2011, a 92 percent jump from the first quarter of 2010. Revenues grew 17.5 percent from the year ago quarter to $873.9 million. Nearly 70 percent of...

Ameriprise to Shed Securities America Amid Pending Settlement

Apr 25, 2011

Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) plans to sell its independent broker/dealer unit Securities America, according to the company’s first quarter earnings report released today. Meanwhile, the firm is still in the process of finalizing a...

Healthcare REITs Combine Stability with Growth

Apr 25, 2011

Americans are getting fatter and older by the minute. While that’s not happy news for us individually, it certainly represents an opportunity for healthcare real estate investment trusts...

Managed Futures Mainstreamed

Apr 25, 2011

Commodities are big news nowadays. Not that that’s anything new. After all, the market breakdown of 2008 was preceded by huge run-ups in oil, precious metals and foodstuff futures. Speculation—fostered by a proliferation of exchange...

Friday Link Roundup: April 22, 2011

Apr 22, 2011

From the editors of Registered Rep: Must-reads from around the web for Friday, April 22, 2011.

Demand Picks Up for Dividend-Paying Stocks

Apr 22, 2011

60 Seconds with Don Schreiber, Jr., CEO and founder of WBI Investments in Little Silver, N.J.

Online Cost Calculators May Revolutionize the College Application Process

Apr 22, 2011

How much is college going to cost your clients with teenagers? Unfortunately, most of the time the cost is shrouded in mystery...

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Assets Up, Headcount and Margins Down

Apr 21, 2011

In a disappointing quarter for Morgan Stanley, the firm’s global wealth management group was, once again, a bright spot, with revenue, earnings and client assets up, though advisor headcount and pre-tax profit margins were down. Morgan’...

Raymond James Adds Assets, Loses Advisors

Apr 21, 2011

Raymond James Financial’s (NYSE: RJF) Private Client Group led the firm’s growth in the second quarter, posting a record $275 billion in client assets under administration, up from assets of $242 billion a year ago and $262 billion in...