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Advisors adjusting to impact of CFRs

The key to success is providing ongoing support and system adjustments

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How many investment advisors are in teams

Check out the trends from the past five years across the brokerage firms

How we did it: Brokerage Report Card

Methodology for the Brokerage Report Card 2022

  • By: IE Staff
  • May 16, 2022 May 13, 2022
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Brokerage advisors sound off

Respondents to the 2021 Brokerage Report Card had plenty to say about their firms’ performance over the past year

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BRC firms and advisors roar back

Despite a tumultuous 2020, most firms received positive ratings from their advisors in this year’s Report Card

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How investment advisors rated their firms

  • By: IE Staff
  • May 17, 2021 June 17, 2024
  • 00:11
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Book sizes increase despite turbulent year

While AUM was up, overall productivity has declined from 2020

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Advisors diving into discretionary management

More advisors are reporting discretionary assets under management, and firms are investing in discretionary platforms

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Sweatpants and Zoom

How advisors and firms have adapted to working from home

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Are brokerage leaders listening?

Paying attention to advisor feedback remains crucial for firms

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Succession planning remains on backburner for advisors

Fewer advisors report having a succession plan in place this year, but advisors who have a plan are happy with their firms’ support

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Client onboarding during a pandemic

Firms’ ratings varied widely as some struggled to adopt e-signatures

  • By: Emily Fox
  • May 17, 2021 October 13, 2021
  • 00:05
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Characteristics of ETF users

Using data from Investment Executive's Brokerage Report Card, we looked at the differences between advisors who use ETFs and those who don't

  • By: IE Staff
  • September 21, 2020 September 18, 2020
  • 00:08
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Lessons for firms in flux

Brokerages must help advisors weather the economic crisis

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How investment advisors rated their firms

  • By: IE Staff
  • May 1, 2020 June 17, 2024
  • 00:14

Crisis caught advisors on solid footing

AUM rose as advisors focused on wealthy clients in run-up to pandemic

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Connecting the work-anywhere advisor

Mobile tech is key, advisors say, but some firms fall short

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Newcomer outperforms in Report Card debut

Wellington-Altus tops standings in a variety of categories while BMO plummets

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Do advisors ask clients about responsible investment?

Firms say they are putting resources into RI education and support

Can firms keep up with changing regulations?

Advisors share their views on the CSA's client-focused reforms

  • By: Emily Fox
  • May 1, 2020 June 10, 2020
  • 00:09
Partners discussing new plans

Fee-based compensation key for advisors

Firms share their plans for both fee-based and discretionary platforms

Firms make a comeback

An overview of the 2019 Brokerage Report Card results

  • By: Katie Keir
  • May 3, 2019 November 6, 2019
  • 00:21

Not good enough

Products and services for wealthy clients could be bolstered

Table: How investment advisors rated their firms

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How investment advisors rated their firms

  • By: IE Staff
  • May 3, 2019 June 17, 2024
  • 00:19
Table: The average investmet advisor

A banner year for brokerage advisors

The average advisor saw higher AUM and productivity, and more client households