Sentences with phrase «big broker firms»

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«In the midst of the financial crisis, Tom Hayes and his network of traders and brokers from Wall Street's leading firms set to work engineering the biggest financial conspiracy ever seen.

In December, Sacks reveals, Zenefits hired one of the Big Four auditing firms to conduct an independent review of the company's licensing procedures following reports that the company let unlicensed brokers sell insurance through its service.

«Many advisors are leaving big firms like Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, etc. and going «independent,» but they are also staying brokers,» he says.

FINRA has not done a great job leading the charge because — and I may be wrong — FINRA is overwhelmingly run by the big broker - dealer firms.

Brent Beardsley, global head of wealth and asset management at Boston Consulting Group, says more wealth management firms with a wirehouse — or integrated broker — model are looking to increase revenues from advisers by automating advice: «If you look at the big wirehouses, you'll see the role of the adviser has changed now that portfolio management is increasingly being managed centrally.

More than 7,300 brokers have left the four biggest full - service brokerages — Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Advisors and UBS Wealth Management Americas ---- from the beginning of 2009 through June, according to financial services research firm Aite Group LLC in Boston and company filings.

But one broker source said that a chunk of Cushman's large operation of midmarket brokers, many of them Massey Knakal alumni, may be tempted to move on in the next two years as the firm grows its big - ticket capital markets business.

And while the firm is increasingly making a dent with big - ticket deals, Bob Knakal and its middle - market brokers have been prolific with smaller sales above the $ 1 million mark.

While Eastdil had consistently brokered most or all of the year's 10 biggest investment sales in previous rankings, 2017 saw a more even spread among the top four firms.

Discount brokers such as Scottrade and Charles Schwab have more limited services compared to the big Wall Street firms, but typically charge much less for investment purchases.

As the big brokers keep getting bigger, there was little room to compete if you were still holding on as one of the smaller firms in the highly competitive field of discount brokerage.

What the score in this category doesn't show is that the brokers that are tilted toward active trading, including TradeKing, tradeMonster and TradeStation, hold their own against the bigger firms when it comes to investing tools.

For nearly 15 years, Garth Rustand worked as a stock broker with a big firm in Vancouver, pulling down $ 125,000 annually and being wined and dined by mutual fund companies pushing their latest offerings.

So, one day, one of the brokers of a big firm who did not «walk the walk» called me and asked, «Of all of your brokers, where am I in your ranking of getting trades done?»

This is closest to the reality in most law firms: the people who «control» the firm's relationships with its biggest or most important clients are the real power brokers.

The firm's Frankfurt employment lawyers represent German and international medium - sized companies and big corporations, nonprofit organizations, institutional and private investors as well as financial services providers and insurance brokers.

Trusted Choice ® was launched in 2001 by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big «I») and several independent agency companies to highlight the benefits independent agencies and brokerage firms offer consumers — choice of companies, customization of policies and advocacy support.

The laptop was mentioned in an international corruption investigation into whether brokers Tradition Financial Services ponied up big bucks to win the hearts (and the business accounts) of Libyan officials for investments that netted the firm millions.

One real estate rep for a large ethnic grocer in Southern California decided not to hire a star broker at a major firm because of his big mouth.

THE CHALLENGE: Gregory P. Schenk, SIOR, broker - owner of the Columbus, Ohio - based Schenk Company Inc., an exclusive tenant representative brokerage and commercial real estate advisory firm, had a big job on his hands.

JP: Yes, technology is a big part of it, but overall, most brokers join us because of the pressure of competition from other firms.

Always on the lookout for tools that will help his firm grow, Scott MacDonald, broker / owner and president of RE / MAX Gateway in Chantilly, Va., is a big believer in RISMedia's ACE (Automated Content Engagement) social media program.

«Listen to the biggest brokerage firms (franchises), they have a pretty good pulse for what we need,» offered a Michigan broker - owner who works for a major franchise, while a broker who works for the same brand but in Georgia wrote, «Listen to the individual brokers who provide the information, not just the executives of the firms.

The biggest concern about teams is that customers may get the impression that they are their own brokerage firm or the customers may be misled as to the true broker responsible for the team.

Using a big brokerage firm almost guarantees that you will forfeit your right to representation and increase the likelihood that your broker will collect a double commission.

The hiring is a big step toward expanding the group from a dozen brokers to about 20 by late next year, said David Kahnweiler, president of the Rosemont - based real estate firm.

Small firms like his, with only a few brokers, can specialize in unique properties in certain areas rather than handling big Class A office buildings like the giant global players, he added.

He said 75,000 brokers use the system, and some of the biggest commercial real estate firms list their properties on the site, including Cushman & Wakefield, Trammel Crow Co., Jones Lang LaSalle and Grubb & Ellis.