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When new suites were being built at Advest's office in Boca Raton, Fla., Stacy Englander could have easily moved into a spacious corner office with a striking city view from her window. She declined. That's because Englander needs walls, not...
Financial services firms often tout their Web offerings, but execs admit in a study that they have a way to go to measure up to clients' expectations. The rhetoric about exemplary online services in the financial community is giving way to real...
If you're a regular reader of this column, you may be familiar with what I emphasize as the four key dimensions of life: financial health, personal health, family health and spiritual health. Here are some thoughts on each dimension. Financial...
First Union issued a document to employees and stockholders Thursday highlighting what it thinks are the top 10 reasons why its proposed merger with Wachovia Corp. is better for Wachovia stockholders than a competing deal from SunTrust Banks. "One...
What are your clients doing online? RR conducted an exclusive survey of 200 investors to find out (see Tracking Clients, Page 63). They surf the Web for investment ideas, e-mail their brokers and pay bills online. And while more than a third say...
UBS PaineWebber has lost two NASDR arbitrations involving employment restrictions on, and money paid to, former J.C. Bradford partners. When PaineWebber bought J.C. Bradford in June 2000, 164 partners signed employment agreements requiring them to...
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If you are developing a broker team, reading Are You Doing Business or Building One? could help you create the right framework for success. The book teaches you to think strategically instead of tactically. To build a business you must distance...
