Deciding to affiliate with a new Broker/Dealer is usually a difficult decision. Making sure you've selected the right B/D for you and your business model can seem downright overwhelming. Click here to read an informative article about how to select the broker/dealer that's best positioned to help you grow your practice, and also aligned with your style of doing business.
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| Have turnkey Programs and Tools to help you acquire & retain ideal clients? |
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| Offer customizable marketing materials like personal brochures, greeting cards, postcards and flyers? |
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| Have a Representative Advisory Board, Sales Assistant Advisory Board, and Branch Manager Advisory Council? |
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| Have specific conferences and educational opportunities for your assistants and support staff? |
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| Provide semi-annual study groups for mid- and high-end producers, Branch Managers, and advisors who work with CPAs? |
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| Offer an integrated financial planning and asset allocation tool, including online resources, calculators, client presentation materials, pre-approved newsletters, and more? |
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| Offer "HR Advantage", a turnkey Human Resources support program for your office? |
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| Provide a network, marketing tools, and assistance in helping you recruit new reps to your branch? |
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| Offer a FREE weekly economic commentary newsletter email that can be customized and sent to your clients? |
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| Offer free, customizable direct mail client letters and ghost written articles? |
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| Have an employee-to-representative ratio of 1:5 or better? |
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| Offer comprehensive E&O that covers securities, investment advisory, and insurance activities? |
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| Offer discounts to independent third-party research including Morningstar® products? |
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| Offer practice management services including on-site consulting, hiring and compensation tools, daily office and workflow guide, client survey guide, etc.? |
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| Allow fixed insurance production credits to offset other fees? |
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| Have experienced professional insurance and advanced markets staff support? |
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| Clear through NFS, a Fidelity Investments Company and Pershing, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation? |
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| Offer accounts with Check Writing, Debit Card and IRA Check Writing options? |
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| Have a "Top Rep" support service set up? |
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| Pay your commissions weekly? |
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| Offer free Periodic Investment Plans (PIPs) and Systematic Withdrawal Plans (SWPs)? |
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| Link variable annuities to the client’s brokerage statement? |
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| Allow Branch Managers to get a signature guarantee stamp? |
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| Allow a split representative number with multiple representatives? |
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| Collect and organize available online information and services on how to better run your independent business? |
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| Offer you low cost online quotes, news, and research services? |
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| Give you the ability to process your securities transactions and applications online? |
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| Provide you real-time online management reports you can run as needed? |
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| Offer low cost, unlimited, real-time dynamically updated quotes? |
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| Offer you a fully automated online help desk to answer common questions or concerns quickly? |
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| Deliver transactional, management and marketing information via daily e-mail? |
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| Offer a range of common interfaces to ease data downloads to your office? |
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| Offer online new account set-up and multiple account update functionality direct from your office? |
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| Offer online access to your clients for their account balances, history and positions? |
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| Offer an "action report" that gives your office a central location for managing daily office activities? |
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| Offer dedicated transition support resources? |
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| Provide special training for your staff? |
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| Analyze your business to be certain that you comply with your new broker/dealer’s requirements prior to your transition? |
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| Help you with your transfers and change of dealer letters? |
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| Offer programs where you have the choice of managing the money yourself, or picking outside money managers then splitting the fee? |
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| Offer the flexibility to affiliate under the broker/dealer’s corporate RIA or to use your own RIA? | ||||
| Offer the ability to conduct fee and commission-based business on a single, consolidated platform? |
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| Offer over 3,300 mutual funds in managed accounts? |
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| Allow you to charge fees on annuities you manage? |
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| Calculate fees using average daily balance or market value? |
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| Offer discretionary trading on mutual funds? |
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| Provide flexible fee schedules - Flat, Tiered, and Linear fee schedules? |
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| Allow ticket charges to be passed through to the client or absorbed by you? |
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| Offer over 800 No-Transaction-Fee (NTF) funds? |
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| Provide integrated, on-demand, online performance reports for all accounts? |
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| Prepare client agreements, disclosure brochures, and draft and amend your ADV? |
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| Calculate and deduct fees directly from client accounts either monthly or quarterly? |
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| Offer a free educational audio series as well as a free business-boosting information at www.advisorpod.com? |
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| Provide a Professional Alliance Program to share fees with CPAs and other professionals? |
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| Provide cost basis information via the Internet and on client statements? |
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| Offer Performance Reports using benchmark comparisons? |
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| Provide a step-by-step guide and workshop on converting to fees? |
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| Have an Annual National Conference and Professional Development Conference? |
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| Provide an RIA compliance website with compliance calendar notification? |
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| Arrange an online approved managed account client presentation? |
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| Offer Trading and Rebalancing software? |
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| Offer a complete continuity of practice program? |
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| Offer over 13,000 mutual funds? |
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| Offer over 250 variable annuities and over 50 variable life products? |
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| Monitor your accounts to make sure they transfer over in a timely fashion to prevent losing trails? |
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| Offer reasonable continuing education charges and flexible requirements? |
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| Provide an online consolidated portfolio management system with contact management? |
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