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Q: Many firms use third-party investment research to cover companies their own analysts don't or to supply a second opinion. As part of these arrangements, the firms often enter into contractual agreements with unregistered third parties. The...
When the SEC ruled in April to re-propose the so-called Merrill Exemption, permitting Series 7 licensees to continue to call themselves financial advisors, thousands of reps and their firms heaved a sigh of relief. Technically, a Series 7 license...
If legal filings are a leading indicator of the amount of trouble a particular industry is in, the securities industry can start to breathe a bit easier According to the NASD, the number of new case filings dropped by 8 percent, to 8,201, in 2004...
Eva Yee May Sung forged the signatures of public customers and a branch manager on forms authorizing Sung to become the new representative of certain brokerage accounts. OK, now, no peeking what sanction do you think the NASD imposed on Sung when...
The corporate way of communicating has been so bad for so long, many of us have stopped caring altogether. It's a natural reaction: If something is annoying and unavoidable, ignore it. Trouble is that, in the brokerage industry, corporate are...
When registered reps set about advising clients on where to put their money, they usually focus on risk tolerance. A conservative-minded client, for instance, might get a portfolio heavily laden with fixed-income products; a more aggressive client...
Uncapped incentive! The long and short of it is our client will pay for performance. Leading financial institution who has the lion share in their market seeks someone to sell trust, investment management, and financial planning to high net worth...
