Broker Dealers
Read about the industry's top broker-dealers, including news, analysis, commentaries and more.
February 01, 2005
Energy by the NumbersWhen it comes to building a portfolio, some mutual fund managers want to see as much independent research as they can. They want to talk...
January 27, 2005
Guess Who's Wooing Indie B/D Firms?As the FSI gets set to open its big B/D show, the SIA announces one of its own
January 26, 2005
AIG Combines 3 Broker-DealersByThe AIG Advisor Group, Phoenix, plans to combine 3 of its brokerages into a new entity, AIG Financial Advisors Inc.The new unit will be an ...
January 19, 2005
Bank Broker Revenue Level Falls To $19,600NU Online News Service, Jan. 19, 2005, 4:15 p.m. ESTThe productivity of brokers in banks fell 26% between November 2003 and November 2004.[@@]Brokers who ...
January 12, 2005
The LTC Industrys Mission: Eliminate Financial DevastationThe LTC Industrys Mission: Eliminate Financial DevastationWhen watching the sun setting over the water in the Florida Keys, my view of our world seems as ...
January 06, 2005
Treasury Rejects Plea For Use-It-Or-Lose-It ReliefThe Bush administration has declined to try to use regulatory authority to ease current restrictions on use of flexible spending account assets.[@@]Today, employers must ...
January 04, 2005
Beauchamp Links FundManager to Omgeo SystemLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Users of Beauchamp Financial Technology FundManager now have an interface with Omgeo's Central Trade Manager, allowing them automated access to Omgeo's community of 6,000 brokers for central trade matching and settlement notification. The Beauchamp FundManager, a portfolio management software system, connects through a message translation interface to the Omgeo...
January 01, 2005
Broker/Dealer Special Report: Clearing Firms--Closer Ties, Fewer PlayersConsolidation has been a major trend in the clearing business for a few years now, and it doesn't show signs of abating. Clearing firms have...
January 01, 2005
Broker/Dealer Special Report: The Financials--The Right FitFor most broker/dealers and their representatives, 2004 was successful: new clients were added, assets under management grew, and revenues were up. That meant that in...