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...
Sep 12, 2023 | Bank BDs, Research
Advisor headcount in the bank-owned BDs increased for the first time since 2016, according to the 2022/2023 Kehrer Bank Broker Dealer Survey. While the increase was small— 2.5%—the reversal of the slow decline in the advisor force was welcome news, as adding advisors...
May 31, 2023 | Banks, Credit Unions, Industry Trends, Investments, Research
Kehrer Group’s Annual Industry Checkup Highlights Data Management Challenges A thread that runs through all our Annual Industry Checkups since we launched this service: the ongoing consolidation of banks and credit unions. In 2008 there were 8,504 banks and...
May 23, 2023 | Credit Unions, Industry Trends, Research
Kehrer Group Annual Checkup Charts Steady Growth Much of the media attention on investment services in financial institutions has focused on banks, from the large wealth management sales forces of the mega banks to the regional and community banks. This year’s...
Apr 20, 2023 | Advisors, Research, Study Groups
According to last year’s BISA-sponsored study by Aite-Novarica, median production of second story advisors in 15 bank-based investment services firms was 2.2 times the median production of branch-based advisors in 28 financial institution practices. Source: Growth...
Apr 13, 2023 | Advisors, Research
Industry participants report that the crisis that swept away two mid-size banks amid flights of deposits and battered bank market valuations has not had a major impact on financial advisors. According to a Kehrer Group poll conducted over the past week, half the...