Oct 25, 2023 | Bank BDs, Benchmarking, Industry Trends, Research
New Study Chronicles 20 Years of Mergers and Outsourcing Deals This past year has witnessed an acceleration of the shrinkage of the financial institution-owned broker dealer segment, as banks and credit unions merge or fail, or they outsource the broker dealer...
Sep 26, 2023 | Banks, Benchmarking, Research
Annual Study Shows Mixed Performance Advisor headcount in the regional and community banks that partner with the third-party broker dealers declined for the third time in the past four years. While the slippage was small—1.8% —it was enough of a setback to...
Nov 7, 2022 | Benchmarking, Best Practices
By now you are neck-deep in planning and budgeting for 2023. What metrics are you managing to as you look to the year ahead? Revenue growth? Assets? Profit margin? From our perspective, the core objective of the investment services unit inside a bank or credit union...
