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
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, 2013Mike Scott of DS explains the strategies that enabled RBC to remain top-ranked among the bank-owned brokerages in the 2013 Brokerage Report Card
Mike Reilly talks about TD’s improvement in 34 out of 38 categories in the 2013 Brokerage Report Card
Pablo Fuchs and Clare O’Hara, staff writer, discuss key findings from the 2013 Brokerage Report Card
Some of the firms that have tweaked their compensation programs were punished, while those that maintained a steady grid were praised
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’”
Six brokerages in this year's Report Card have experienced a shift in their fortunes year-over-year
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
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
Advisors say their firms are doing a good job at welcoming women and minorities into the brokerage sector
This Report Card summarizes data from each of the Brokerage, Dealers' and Bank reports, looking at the trends across the financial advice industry
This year's research reveals how well the Big Six are meeting branch advisors' need for coaching, fair pay and effective tools
Advisor satisfaction across most of the 11 full-service and mutual fund dealers in the Report Card has held steady or improved compared with 2023
The Report Card, which has been published for more than 30 years, explores the concerns and needs of investment advisors in Canada as their firms…