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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

The A.G. Edwards Legacy Continues

After a little over a year in business, Benjamin F. Edwards has made deliberate strides forward. But can the nascent firm, started by the great-great grandsom of A.G. Edwards' founder, fill the shoes of of its predecessor? In the spring of 2008, a year
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Edit Letter: The Independent Life, Again

Recently, I have been getting phone calls from wirehouse advisors interested in going independent. Some want an opinion or some just want help in locating an article about the pros and cons of leaving a national brand to an independent broker/dealer that
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Rookie Survivors

Newly minted advisors, fresh out of training program, more often fail than succeed. Add a credit crisis, a market crash and a recession to the mix, and most green FAs quit before year one is up. Here's a handful who are bucking the odds. Succeeding in
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Bob McCann: Back In Business

Freed from his non-compete with Bank of America, McCann is allowed to head back to work. In this interview, Registered Rep. talks with him about his next appointment, and his time at Merrill Lynch. Over a leisurely breakfast in an upscale hotel in Short
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Stock Doc: Don't Put All Your Ego In One Basket

The wealthy suffer financial setbacks in unique ways. Here's a prescription for protecting yourself in the future. Over the past sixteen months, very wealthy individuals from Wall Street to Main Street have seen their financial portfolios decimated. They
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Independent Land Grab

The great migration of wirehouse advisors and assets to independents is well underway. Cerulli Associates recently estimated that wirehouses will have a net loss of $188 billion in assets in 2009, with independent RIAs and independent b/ds each taking
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Cold Call: Jason Wenk

President, Retirement Wealth Advisors, Inc., an RIA in Jenison, MI. Registered Rep.: How did you increase your revenue by 20 percent last year when the market was falling apart? Jason Wenk: I added 20 percent more AUM than I lost; but I did lose some —
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Comings & Goings, November 2009

The SunAmerica Companies today announced that Stephen Maginn, executive vice president and senior managing director of sales, SunAmerica Retirement Markets, has also assumed responsibility for sales and distribution of SunAmerica Mutual Funds. He has
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Career Moves: The X(Y) Factor

Life at the brokerages has gotten easier for female financial advisors, but there's still room for improvement. Women hold a greater share of wealth in the U.S. than ever before: Of those in the wealthiest tier of the country — defined by the I.R.S. as
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Q&A with Jim Livingston

President, CEO National Planning Holdings broker/dealer network, a Jackson National Life Insurance company. Registered Rep.: Why did Jackson National get into the broker/dealer business? Jim Livingston: Jackson was distributing its products through about
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Q&A with Larry Roth

CEO, AIG Advisor Group. Registered Rep.: With the b/d group up for sale for the past year, what was the most difficult hurdle the business faced? Larry Roth: During the sales process, recruiting was hampered by the uncertainty of who our new owners might
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

The State of Independence

The independent broker/dealer channel remains the largest in terms of number of advisors, when you factor in dually registered reps. But it still has some catching up to do in other areas, like client assets per advisor. The wirehouse world still has a
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

The Corrected Top 100 Independent Advisors

In the following pages, we are republishing our Top 100 Independent Advisors list this month with some essential revisions to the prior list, which ran in August. Assembling this list is a complicated feat. This year, Registered Rep. teamed up with
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

An Uneasy Union

For the past decade, insurance companies have gone back and forth about whether owning independent b/ds makes sense. When AIG was nearly wiped out last year in the mortgage crisis, Stan Bivin, an advisor at one of its independent broker/dealers, says he
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

RJFS Raises RIA minimums, LPL Pulls Past RJ in RIA Assets

Raymond James is raising minimums for new RIAs who want to custody assets on its RJFS-IAD platform from $30 million to $50 million. The firm said the move will both help it cut the cost of serving RIAs and also act as a draw for bigger RIAs, who tend to
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

McCann Vows to Return UBS Wealth Management To Profitability

Robert J. McCann reported for work at UBS Tuesday in Weehawken, N.J. After weeks of rumors about his appointment, the firm announced it had hired him as CEO of its wealth management operations for the Americas early Tuesday morning. McCann was freed to
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Custom Metal Parts Manufacturer Introduces Next Generation of Stencils

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:52:00 GMT

Optical Components Supplier Develops Custom Arc-Gradient Filter

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:52:00 GMT

BioSolar Files Patent for Thin Film Photovoltaic Solar Module Component

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:52:00 GMT

Tier II Canada Research Chair in Cellular Science and Human Health

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:52:00 GMT

Clarksville Montgomery County School achieves 78% ROI With Kronos Workforce Timekeeper

th Nucleus Research analysts examined the deployment of Workforce Timekeeper from Kronos Incorporated at Clarksville Montgomery County School which generated a 78% return on investment (ROI) with a 1.28 year payback. (Media-Newswire.com) - BOSTON –
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:50:00 GMT

British Airways to lay off 4,900 workers

A disastrous summer is prompting British Airways to lay off about 4,900 workers, or 12 percent of its staff, company officials say. The job cuts -- which surpass the 3,700-layoff target previously announced -- come after BA announced it had lost $485
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:35:00 GMT

Unemployment rate skyrockets to 10.2% in October while taxpayers grow weary of Obama's unchecked spending.

By Bob Turner (AXcess News) Washington - The House of Representatives passed unemployment benefits extension bill HR 3548 by a sweeping 403 to 12 vote which President Obama is to sign into law Friday as the nation's unemployment rate climbed to 10.2%,
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:33:00 GMT

10 percent jobless rate adds to pressure on Obama

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Obama signs tax, jobless stimulus

WASHINGTON - President Obama signed a $24 billion economic-stimulus bill into law yesterday, giving tax incentives to prospective home buyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump. The bill-signing came a day after the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:29:00 GMT

BA loses record 292m as strikes loom over fresh round of job cuts

loses record 292million as strikes loom Mail Online news Board Saturday, Nov 07 2009 More BA job cuts looming after record 292million losses By and Last updated at 3:10 AM on 07th November 2009 Add to In the red: BA's chief executive said the aviation
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:26:00 GMT

Reeves Offers Unemployed Albertans a Way Back into the Workforce

Retraining options available as unemployment rate in the province continues to climb Edmonton, AB (PRWEB) November 7, 2009 As the unemployment rate continues to climb in Alberta, workers are being forced to look at alternative ways to find their way back
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:21:00 GMT

Obama weighs steps to spur jobs, wary on deficit

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday listed a range of fresh options being considered by the White House to spur growth after "sobering" news that unemployment spiked to a 26 1/2-year peak last month. Obama, who earlier signed a bill to extend jobless
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:20:00 GMT

Temp-work on the rise

It's a good time to be in the temp business. While unemployment topped 10 percent across the nation in October, the country added 34,000 temporary jobs, a sign that permanent positions could be on the horizon. "It would appear that the mood out there is
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMT

U.S. Unemployment Rate Reaches 10.2 Percent; 13.1 for Hispanics

The US unemployment rate surged to 10.2 per cent in October as another 190,000 people lost their jobs, according to US Labour Department figures released Friday. The jobless rate stood at 9.8 per cent in September. Unemployment had been expected to
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:10:00 GMT