http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog Smart Securities Ideas Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:46:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In our conversations with B-D’s they can always tell us the gross production of their firm, the number of advisors they service and their margins.  These numbers are certainly essential to understanding and managing the business and we would be alarmed if management didn’t know them off the top of ... http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog/?p=88 Beacon Strategies was quoted in the following Markets Media article released today. See our comments in Broker-Dealers Steel for New Regs http://www.marketsmediaonline.com/broker_dealers.htm http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog/?p=82 Beacon Strategies was quoted in the following Markets Media article released today. See our comments - Broker-Dealers Cautious on Outlook http://www.marketsmediaonline.com/broker_dealers.htm http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog/?p=79 See our thoughts . . . http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20100711/REG/307119994&issuedate=20100711&sid=CLEAR http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog/?p=62 This week Beacon Strategies, LLC kicked off a a new survey that focuses on Compliance Surveillance and specifically Sales Practice Monitoring. This survey asks broker-dealers in an anonymous fashion to offer their impressions of the current atmosphere, as well as what the future needs to look like in these changing ... http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog/?p=70 The Times They Are a-Changin' may have been the name of Bob Dylan’s third album, but that phrase is a good representation of the dynamic that broker-dealers face today, especially when it comes to compliance. The expanding and often changing demands that broker-dealers face can leave even the best prepared ... http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog/?p=67 Everybody is talking about the impact a uniform fiduciary standard will have on the industry’s operations and systems. We at Beacon are working on a number of projects that reflect these concerns and will be commenting on them in our monthly newsletter and elsewhere. As sweeping as the ... http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog/?p=64 The link is: http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20100711/REG/307119994&issuedate=20100711&sid=CLEAR http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog/?p=63 I would suggest to broker-dealers that Customer On-Boarding is their most important activity. Don't misunderstand me, processing trades and paying compensation are important, but like a popular commercial said, "pay me now, or pay me later." If the quality of information on your customer accounts is lax then there is ... http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog/?p=59 Denver, CO – June 9, 2010 – Beacon Strategies, LLC a leading benchmark research and advisory services announced today that Marshall Levin has become a Partner. Levin will focus on strategic opportunity identification and execution at the product and enterprise levels. He will contribute to Beacon’s Research and Consulting ... http://www.beaconstrategiesllc.com/beaconblog/?p=54