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Articles by Richard J. Lampen
A fond and grateful farewell to Ladenburg Thalmann, and hello to new beginnings
Opinion Broker-Dealers At Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services’ annual fee-based advisory conference in January, we welcomed financial advisors, home office executives and strategic partners from across the country. Enthusiasm among the event’s participants was reinforced by new faces from our merger partners at Advisor Group, and our shared message of optimism about the future of our combined company, and our broader industry.
A fond and grateful farewell to Ladenburg Thalmann, and hello to new beginnings
At Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services’ annual fee-based advisory conference in January, we welcomed financial advisors, home office executives and strategic partners from across the country. Enthusiasm among the event’s participants was reinforced by new faces from our merger partners at Advisor Group, and our shared message of optimism about the future of our combined company, and our broader industry.
It's time to make 'behavioral finance' more than a buzzword
At a time when retail investors have more options for where to seek financial advice than ever before, advisers who incorporate behavioral finance into their business potentially can stand out significantly.
Say goodbye to IBDs, and hello to 'IAB firms'
Sometimes inertia wins the day on issues such as nomenclature. Perhaps one of the most obvious examples of this can be found in how many independent firms across the retail financial advice space continue to describe themselves as an "independent broker-dealer (IBD)," despite growing discomfort among firms and advisers with this term. Perhaps the time has come to revisit this particular nomenclature issue on an industrywide basis.
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