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FundFire Survey Uncovers Wholesaler Weaknesses and Opportunities

July 22, 2010
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In mid July FundFire ran the results of a survey aimed at understanding “ways managers can improve their chances of being selected for advisors’ portfolios.” According to the site: Overall, 141 advisors representing more than 10 firms participated in the 12-question survey. The respondents hailed from wirehouses, regional broker-dealers, independent [...]

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Why Not Just Pay Wholesalers a Salary?

March 25, 2010

Over the past three days Ignites has been running the results of a wholesaler survey they did. Ignites survey on the top issues that external wholesalers face in their profession. Precisely 152 wholesalers, representing more than 50 fund families with $3 trillion-plus in open-end mutual fund assets, took part in [...]

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Wholesaler Satisfaction Survey Results

March 14, 2010

During the month of February we ran a brief three question survey to take the pulse of wholesaler satisfaction. The results of the survey were surprising – sort of. In January, which seemed to be ‘employee satisfaction survey’ month in the human resources world, the following reports began to emerge: Ignites reported [...]

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