The broker-dealer industry is making hay as interest rates remain elevated. Demographic trends are a double-edged sword.
As the world changes, the bonds tying broker-dealers to their reps might have to be broken to be reset.
Broker-dealers are trying to look more like RIA custodians, but it was the fees they charge, sometimes opaque ones, that helped them win big during the pandemic.
A market upswing helped save this industry in 2020 and recruiting kept its pace.
Independent broker-dealers take a page from the RIA handbook.
The economic environment is making life sweeter for broker-dealers, but it favors the big ones.
Amid vast industry changes, broker-dealers must consider reinventing themselves.
Broker-dealers will continue to reinvent themselves, whether or not the DOL rule moves forward.
B-Ds worry that the new DOL rule will mean a radical change to business.
Faced with higher costs and tepid recruiting, broker-dealers want to grow organically
Pressures are increasing, particularly on small independent b-ds, but various trends are creating plenty of opportunity for the industry overall.
Independent B-Ds are trying to boost margins while delivering more services to financial advisors.
Broker-dealers face a stagnant rep pool, shrinking margins and the choke hold of regulators. But it's been a boon to the biggest consolidators.
Broker-dealers expect some changes if a new fiduciary standard is adopted.
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