Many facets of real estate brokerage have been examined in studies appearing in the literature over the last several years. This review attempts to organize the research around six questions concerning the brokerage industry: (1) What is the nature of the market for brokerage services and how does it influence...
By Susan Harrigan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 10--Gregory Hasho, a former salesman for the controversial 1980s penny-stock brokerage J.T. Moran & Co., has recently owned and operated a Long Island brokerage firm even though he was barred ...
A number of facets of real estate brokerage have been examined over time in theoretical and empirical articles appearing in the literature. This article summarizes brokerage research and suggests avenues for future inquiry. In attempting to organize brokerage research, the research is classified into eight broad topical areas: (1) brokerage...
This study explores factors that affect service quality for a large residential real estate brokerage firm in a diverse mid-western city. It examines the extent to which overall service quality influences homebuyers to recommend the brokerage firm and to use the firm for future transactions. A Linear Structural Relations model...
Byline: Kimberly Lankford, Kiplinger Washington Editors I've been searching for a low-cost online brokerage firm to work with, and some of the ones I've come across don't sound familiar. How can I find out if a firm is legitimate? ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Wachovia Corp. has agreed to acquire Prudential Financial Inc.'s retail brokerage unit in a deal that they said would create one of the nation's biggest brokerages. Under the agreement announced Wednesday, Wachovia and Prudential will combine their retail securities brokerage and clearing operations to form...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Wachovia Corp. has agreed to acquire Prudential Financial Inc.'s retail brokerage unit in a deal that they said would create one of the nation's biggest brokerages. Under the agreement announced Wednesday, Wachovia and Prudential will combine their retail securities brokerage and clearing operations to form...
By Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 13--Four years ago, brokerage firm Ayudhya Securities faced near extinction, as the economic crisis plundered the financial sector and market rumours swirled about the possible closure of the firm, then known as...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 15, 1999-- MultiTech Brokerage Solutions (NQB:MBSL) announced its merger with American Brokerage Consultants today, saying ABC's broad bank brokerage and third-party marketing expertise significantly enhances MultiTech's capabilities to serve the financial industries marketplace. ABC is the nation's oldest management consulting firm exclusively dedicated to...
If you'd rather wrestle an alligator than construct your own investment portfolio, then you're among the millions who may prefer a full-service brokerage to a discount firm. "Fullservice brokers cost more, but many investors are willing to pay so they can leave the work and decisions to experts," says Mitch...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 21, 1999-- IntelliQuest Information Group Inc. (Nasdaq:IQST)-- IntelliQuest's Internet subsidiary, Zona Research releases the first report of its new Marketing Opportunities and Trends series based on IntelliQuest's eBranding service. The report Financial Services - The Online Brokerage Market: Marketing Opportunities and Trends reveals that 54%...
By Loretta Kalb, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 3--Sutro & Co., the longtime brokerage firm with branches in Roseville and El Dorado Hills, has changed its name to RBC Dain Rauscher. The name change, effective March...
BOHEMIA, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--September 2, 1998--Periphonics Corporation (NASDAQ: PERI), a leading worldwide provider of products and services for call processing solutions used in Computer Telephony Integration CTI and Telecom Enhanced Network Services, today announced that it has received anorder valued at approximately $1.4 million from a major U.S. brokerage firm.The systems...
BOHEMIA, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--September 2, 1998--Periphonics Corporation (NASDAQ: PERI), a leading worldwide provider of products and services for call processing solutions used in Computer Telephony Integration CTI and Telecom Enhanced Network Services, today announced that it has received an order valued at approximately $1.4 million from a major U.S. brokerage firm....
WASHINGTON AP -- Brokerage firm TD Waterhouse Investor Services has agreed to pay a $2 million civil fine to settle allegations that it made undisclosed payments to three investment adviser firms to lure their clients' business, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday. The SEC announced the settlement...
By Timothy C. Barmann, The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 1--The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges yesterday against brokerage firm Raymond James Financial Inc. and the company's former president in connection with a securities fraud...
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--June 11, 1996--Prudential Securities today made a unilateral commitment to allow clients to retain Prudential mutual funds when shifting their brokerage account to another firm, and it challenged other brokerage firms to follow its example.
If you don't have an account with a stock brokerage house and you want to buy stocks, the first thing you need to do is decide if you want an account with a full service brokerage firm, a discount brokerage firm, or both! The "Market Order" is probably the most...
Apr. 3--St. Petersburg investors Mark and Barbara Bruno have won an arbitration award of more than $200,000 against their former stockbroker and the Clearwater brokerage firm where he worked. The broker, Donald R. Krueger of Seminole, invested the Brunos' life savings in two unregistered investment schemes...
SALT LAKE CITY & CHICAGO -- INVESTools Inc. (NASDAQ:IEDU), the market leader in fulfilling the lifelong education needs of self-directed investors, and thinkorswim Group Inc., a leading online brokerage platform serving the execution needs of self-directed investors, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to merge the two...
