The custody and clearing business has never garnered much interest from reps. But clearing houses now offer a full suite of services, such as contact management software, real-time news and client and market data. Reps will have to pay more...
Bush's call to eliminate the tax on dividends, if passed, can affect your clients in a number of ways. But it's not as straightforward as it would seem.
Would the world ever have been made if its maker had been afraid of making trouble? These words come from Henry Higgins in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, but they give voice to a central challenge in managing a brokerage branch. As part of this...
Relatively few brokers are increasing their commitment to fee-based advisory practices, even in this everything-to-gain-from-change economic environment. Citing data from several surveys, Boston-based Cerulli Associates determined that commission...
