Practice

Expert to fund dealers: Get back in the race

As an industry, mutual fund dealers got distracted somewhere in the last few years, so it's time now to get back to basics starting with financial planning.

By Vikram Barhat |May 9, 2011

3 min read

Dealers must find creative way to grow

New policies, capital pressures and increased regulation are the biggest challenges facing mutual fund dealerships today. Some of these changes are opportunities for growth, others just the gum on the bottom of their shoe. An expert panel at the Federation of Mutual Fund Dealers Dealer Day conference shone some light on various changes and challenges […]

By Vikram Barhat |May 6, 2011

3 min read

Securing clients for life:Part Two

“I think karmically,” says Michael Kay, a CFP based in Livingston, New Jersey. “I do pro bono work, referred by friends or members of the clergy, for people who need financial advice but have an inability to pay. We’re in a helping profession and if we can help someone gain stability and financial direction, we will.” Kay does just that, even though his investable asset minimum is $750,000.

By Sheila Avari |May 6, 2011

7 min read

Ways for women to opt back into workforce

Women in Capital Markets (WCM) and BMO Capital Markets have created an award to help women re-establish careers in finance after an extended absence: the BMO Women in Capital Markets Return to Bay Street Award. “There are many reasons women opt out of the workforce,” says Martha Fell, CEO of WCM. But the return can […]

By Melissa Shin |May 6, 2011

1 min read