Behind the numbers: Revenues among the top 50 broker-dealers soared, costs fell and reps took home more money than ever. But the biggest winners in this year's survey were fee-based products, which now account for more than 20 cents of every dollar that flows through independent broker-dealers.(Industry overview)
It was around a year ago that the words low-return environment seemed to roll off the tongue of nearly every money manager and financial services executive in sight. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index had returned a paltry 3% in 2005-barely keeping pace with inflation-and market instability during

Publication: Financial Planning

Why our doctors earn less; Shock survey fuels demand for fairer division of money NHS SOS.(News)
SCOTLAND'S doctors are bottom of the pay heap, earning up to pounds 14,000 a year less than colleagues in the rest of the UK. They work the same hours as GPs across Britain - but are penalised because of the way the NHS funds doctors. Now, after new statistics revealed the pay gap, Scottish GPs are

Publication: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Back-to-School Budget Buster: USAA Survey Finds Parents Raising Big Spenders; As Doting Parents Keep Teens' Pockets Lined With Cash, Many Teens Believe Money Can Buy Happiness.
SAN ANTONIO -- The yearning to spend starts early for America's teens. Unfortunately, so does the learning to spend. USAA's new survey, High School Confidential: An Inside Look at Teens and Money, found that: --Teens are taking more of their spending cues from watching the way their parents spend,

Publication: Business Wire

Money Management: Managers' paychecks up 17% on average; Russell Reynolds/CFA Institute survey shows median pay in 2005 is $170,000.(News)
Byline: Cecily O'Connor Investment management professionals are padding their own bottom lines this year, taking home 17% more than they were in 2003, as investment returns improve. A new survey of investment industry compensation found that the median U.S. pay for investment management

Publication: Pensions & Investments

GRADUATION 2002: SURVEY SHOWS INCREASED NUMBER OF SENIORS PLAN TO STICK CLOSE TO HOME.(PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS)
Byline: alice warchol THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT The majority of graduating high schoolers may have a good case of senioritis, but they're not itching to move away from home. More than 60 percent said they plan on staying in the Hampton Roads area after graduation, according to a survey of high school

Publication: The Virginian Pilot

WHAT WOMEN WANT PART TWO : Q Whatis the difference between New Man and the Loch Ness Monster?; A More Scots women believe there is a monster; EXCLUSIVE SURVEY: We reveal female attitudes to money, men and marriage in part two of our probe into what Scots women want.(Features)
Byline: DONNA WHITE, Chief Writer THE New Man is a myth who has about as much chance of being found as the Loch Ness Monster. The second part of the Sunday Mail's exclusive survey of what Scottish women think found that most wanted a family and a career - but few believed their partner will help

Publication: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)