Poverty Payouts
Poverty Payouts in the Securities Industry About a decade ago, myself and the head of wealth management at a major bank-owned firm took a group of senior producers on a “due diligence” trip to Ireland. As a sign of recognition …
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Next Door to Leviathan
A few years ago I wrote an article entitled “The Woes of Leviathan, South of the Border” (see blog) in which I outlined a number of crises being faced by our cousins in the U.S.A. As I re-read the various …
Great Expectations
The “Brokerage Report Card” came out in the May 2015 edition of Investment Executive newspaper. As usual there were some surprises in the ‘overall’ and ‘average’ ratings by the responding IA’s but, when considering some of the more critical categories …
Life At or Near the Top
Ambition is not something that one is born with; rather it is an acquired or developed trait born of desire. If, as an investment advisor, (of which I speak) that desire has as its target the executive suite you’ll find …
Mirror Mirror
Another year is coming to a close and we all have had the benefit of analyzing the challenges and unexpected changes we faced in 2013. With many question marks still on the horizon, the future is not going away and …