Roland Brecek

• 2008 Broker/Dealer Excellence Awards

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 1, 2008

  Which broker/dealers are getting it right? We asked readers about technology, wealth management offerings, practice management help and -- of course -- payout to gauge...

• Changes

  By Staff Writer  |  February 1, 2008

  Brecek & Young Advisors, Inc. announced that Roland Brecek will retire from his role as president, effective February 1, 2008, but will remain at the...

• The 2007 Broker/Dealer Excellence Award Winner

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 1, 2007

  The guitar master strode through the ballroom at a resort in Lake Tahoe, took his place at the stage and began to tune his instrument....

• Looking Good!

  By Staff Writer  |  June 1, 2006

  Congratulations on the new look for Investment Advisor magazine. The added pictures, the larger type, and the layout are a real attention getter. With your...

• Fly Right

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 1, 2004

  With changes afoot on everything from e-mail archiving to breakpoints to money laundering and the Patriot Act, independent broker/dealers have to be nimble. Into the...

• Change in Ownership

  By Staff Writer  |  June 1, 2004

  Security Benefit Corp., of Topeka, Kansas, and Brecek & Young, the independent broker/dealer in Folsom, California, are "forming a strategic alliance," according to President and...

• Red Tape, Red Ink?

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 1, 2004

  Corporate malfeasance. After-hours trading. Mutual fund misdeeds. Breakpoints. A market that lost more than 40% of its value in the last three years. Rampant consumer...

• Swimming Upstream

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  June 1, 2003

  Now that we're in the fourth year of a bear market, it's getting more and more difficult for broker/dealers to make a buck. Data culled...

• Secrets of Success

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 1, 2002

  Rough markets, rough times, and a catastrophe no one could have foreseen have driven much of the business world right into a maelstrom. The financial...

• The Best Broker/Dealers

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 1, 2001

  For the 11th year in a row, Investment Advisor rea