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How investment advisors rated their firms’ support offerings and tools
- By: IE Staff
- June 5, 2024 June 4, 2024
- 09:16
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Handling passive-investment rules
Recent changes to the way that active business income earned within a private corporation is taxed may affect some of your high net-worth clients
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- October 12, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 00:15
Slideshow: How a firm’s ratings impact advisors’ recommendations
Although advisors are likely to recommend their firm to another advisor, this changes sometimes based on their perception of their brokerage
- By: Fiona Collie
- May 16, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 10:00
Slideshow: Measuring up each firm’s average advisor
Although overall AUM and productivity are up, this isn’t the case at all firms in this year’s Brokerage Report Card
- By: James Langton
- May 9, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 10:00
Brokerage Report Card 2018: Editors discuss this year’s results
Advisors’ businesses are stronger than ever
- By: Fiona Collie, Pablo Fuchs
- April 27, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 10:10
Firms struggle to deliver
Although advisors reported another all-time high average book of business, they're dealing with much uncertainty due to the major changes their firms and the industry…
- By: Fiona Collie
- April 27, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 00:23
Brokerage Report Card 2018 main chart
How investment advisors rated their firms
- By: IE Staff
- April 27, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 00:22
Two firms face opposite paths
After a rough showing in 2017, BMO Nesbitt Burns and ScotiaMcLeod faced very different assessments from their advisors this year
- By: Fiona Collie
- April 27, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 00:20
Strong reputation is critical
A firm's standing in the eyes of clients and prospective clients is one of the most important issues for advisors, but some firms have work…
- By: Leah Golob
- April 27, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 00:18
Back offices still are works in progress
Advisors at four firms cited recent changes that have made the experience of dealing with their back office more difficult
- By: Anthony Burton
- April 27, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 00:17
Divergent views on managers
Advisors with bank-owned brokerages were split in their opinions of the roles their branch managers fulfil. Some oppose the producing branch manager model others said…
- By: Sophie Allen-Barron
- April 27, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 00:15
Struggles with online access
Advisors with five of the 12 firms in the Report Card rated their brokerages lower by half a point or more in the "online account…
- By: Ramona Leitao
- April 27, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 00:14
Much work to be done
Survey participants raise several concerns
- By: Fiona Collie
- March 29, 2018 November 9, 2019
- 00:24
Dissatisfaction with regulators increases
Although the BCSC's ratings increased year-over-year, no other regulators in the survey experienced a similar fortune
- By: James Langton
- March 29, 2018 November 11, 2019
- 00:19
How we did it
IE research journalist Anthony Burton spoke with 108 survey participants from across the investment industry
- By: Fiona Collie
- March 29, 2018 November 11, 2019
- 00:17
Debating regulators’ role in cybersecurity
While some survey participants said regulators should be doing more about cybersecurity, others said the onus is on the industry
- By: James Langton
- March 29, 2018 November 11, 2019
- 00:16
Regulators focus on fintech
Provincial regulators were recognized for facilitating fintech, but some survey participants still had concerns
- By: Fiona Collie
- March 29, 2018 November 11, 2019
- 00:15
A balancing act for regulators
Regulators are doing a better job of protecting investors without restricting business, but more needs to be done
- By: Megan Harman
- March 29, 2018 November 11, 2019
- 00:14
Approaches to small firms differ greatly
The OSC, BCSC and ASC were praised for making life easier for smaller dealers, but the same can't be said for the SROs and the…
- By: Leah Golob
- March 29, 2018 November 11, 2019
- 00:13
Slideshow: Gauging advisors’ relative productivity
Although productivity is becoming more critical, there are signs that the best-paid sales forces aren’t necessarily the most productive
- By: James Langton
- October 12, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 09:30
Slideshow: The top 10 rated firms in this year’s Report Card series
The firms with which advisors are most pleased come from every channel in the Report Card series, but share some key traits
- By: Fiona Collie
- September 25, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 09:51