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2013 Brokerage Report Card

Advisors in Canada’s brokerage sector are reporting healthy growth and satisfaction with their dealers. But the news is not all good for every firm. From the May 2013 issue of Investment Executive newspaper.

May 3, 2013

2013 Brokerage Report Card: RBC scores increase in 36 of 38 categories

Mike Scott of DS explains the strategies that enabled RBC to remain top-ranked among the bank-owned brokerages in the 2013 Brokerage Report Card

  • May 3, 2013 October 31, 2019
  • 09:24

2013 Brokerage Report Card: TD gains in 34 out of 38 categories

Mike Reilly talks about TD’s improvement in 34 out of 38 categories in the 2013 Brokerage Report Card

  • May 1, 2013 October 31, 2019
  • 09:05

2013 Brokerage Report Card: Editors discuss the results

Pablo Fuchs and Clare O’Hara, staff writer, discuss key findings from the 2013 Brokerage Report Card

  • April 26, 2013 October 31, 2019
  • 11:30

Firms take two roads

Some of the firms that have tweaked their compensation programs were punished, while those that maintained a steady grid were praised

  • April 26, 2013 November 6, 2019
  • 11:00

All eyes on financial planning

Brokerage firms and their advisors are putting a greater emphasis on making sure that their clients have financial plans. One advisor says financial planning is becoming a “requirement’”

  • April 26, 2013 November 6, 2019
  • 11:00

Three firms up, three firms down

Six brokerages in this year's Report Card have experienced a shift in their fortunes year-over-year

  • April 26, 2013 November 6, 2019
  • 11:00

How we did it

Compiling the 2013 Brokerage Report Card

  • April 26, 2013 November 6, 2019
  • 11:00

A year of notable growth

Financial advisors at 13 brokerages say that they and their firms are no longer in a state of recovery they are already seeing significant increases in some key metrics

  • April 26, 2013 November 6, 2019
  • 11:00

Advisors back in growth mode

Although the road back from the financial crisis has been long and slow for Canada's brokers, they finally are seeing their books of business surpass the levels they had attained before the crisis, which pummelled their AUM

  • April 26, 2013 November 6, 2019
  • 11:00

Brokerages focus in on diversity

Advisors say their firms are doing a good job at welcoming women and minorities into the brokerage sector

  • April 26, 2013 November 6, 2019
  • 11:00