The Joint NASD/industry task force released its study on breakpoints last month, confirming that millions are owed to clients by firms for not applying discounts on breakpoints. The NASD is now making sure the firms know exactly how to rectify the...
Separately managed accounts can be confusing, but the paperwork and operations behind them need not be—or at least that’s the thrust of a new effort by Smith Barney Consulting Group. Smith Barney is in the midst of rolling out its new...
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The Certified Investment Management Associate degree, or CIMA, is an exclusive certification, and some brokers with the similar CIMC designation are finding that out the hard way. The Investment Management Consultants Association, which...
The Federal Trade Commission has set a price for its vaunted "Do-Not-Call" list--a list of numbers signed up to avoid sales calls from telemarketers and uninvited reps--and it's a steep one: More than $7,000. The list, which will be enacted on...
Just looking at the volume numbers for the CBOE's broad-based index options tells the story: through June, total index volume was up 42% compared to the first half of 2002 at the CBOE, making indexes the exchange's fastest growing product. Now...
A recent Fidelity Investments survey says clients still find portfolio performance to be the most important aspect of the client-advisor relationship. What can advisors do about this?
