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Stock Jocks Get Their Knocks at BDs

19:20 12 November in Articles Written by Jon Henschen

November 12, 2015

By Jon Henschen, as featured on ThinkAdvisor

 

While reminiscing about the early 1990s and my brokering days at Prudential Securities, I was reminded how much has changed in our industry. Back in the day, my branch manager in Pasadena, California was a wealth of wisdom. I took advantage of his open door policy, frequenting his office with the many questions that come with being a newer representative.

By today’s standards some of what he shared would be shocking, such as, “If a rep doesn’t have a couple of dings on his compliance record he’s probably not aggressive enough,” or “Reps that have cocaine problems are usually substantial producers because they are insecure and driven,” or one of my favorites,

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Broker-Dealers Facing Scrutiny From Several Regulators

16:58 21 August in In the News

August 21, 2015

Financial Advisor IQ

 

Regulators are not happy with what’s happening in the broker-dealer segment this year. Finra is giving broker-dealers until Sept. 18 to answer questions about compensation and conflicts of interest, ThinkAdvisor writes. Outside auditors of broker-dealers, meanwhile, are taking flak for utterly failing to do their job, Financial Advisor magazine reports.

Finra’s questionnaire, limited to the retail accounts managed by broker-dealers, consists of 19 questions about firms’ activities over the past year related to compensation policies, review of supervisors and the role of the board, as well as policies to detect conflicts of interest and methods to curb them, according to ThinkAdvisor.

The self-regulator acknowledged “instances of positive change” since its October 2013 report on conflicts of interest,