Financial Planning - July/August 2020

What is an IBD?

Grappling with margin pressure, consolidation and fragmentation, the sector questions its identity.

For the first time, the ranks of the top 25 firms according to their annual business include single entries for IBD networks.

The basic yet revealing query shows why it’s not just about FINRA registration as a BD and 1099 contractor status for advisors.

This year’s survey results reveal challenges for independent broker-dealers and their future growth.

It would have been easy to get her back in a moment of anxiety and weakness. Here’s why I didn’t.

Once derided as fringe and unsustainable, advisors are finally accepting the business model.

Early withdrawals from retirement accounts may be unavoidable in today’s economic climate. You can help mitigate the damage.

“It is amazing that annuity sales are only down in the single digits, given the devastating effects that COVID-19 has wreaked on the annuity industry,” an expert says.

Our newly independent practice turned the shift to virtual into a learning experience we never would have expected.