Bank & Financial

Magazine articles on banks, brokerages, and credit card companies.

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Registered Rep. December 1, 2005	Cold Call: Peter M. Burton (Partner, Burton/Enright Group, San Francisco) A short interview on the financial executive's thoughts on casual Fridays, his best career move, as well as his down-time preferences.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 John Churchill	Blotter Hackers Beating the Market... SEC Halts Fraudster, Again...
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005	Comings & Goings Terry Kassel, head of Merrill Lynch's human resources department, will be retiring... Smith Barney has hired Stacy Brandom as chief financial officer of the Global Private Client Group... etc.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	Some Mutual Funds Win in Tax Game It's true, on average, that exchange-traded funds and separate accounts have tax advantages over mutual funds. But advisors shouldn't dismiss mutual funds too quickly.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Leitch & French	2005 Year in Review Regulating You Stresses Them Out... Amalgamated Antimatter Anyone?... How About a Bull-Market Rain Dance?... Reps Have a Bad Rep... etc.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005	Registered Rep.'s Broker Report Cards How seven of the nation's largest brokerage firms stack up against each other.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kristen French	Merrill Lynch: Still Wirehouse Queen Merrill reps like what they see. This year, the firm kept top honors among wirehouses in the Broker Report Card surveys, and beat its own overall score from last year.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney: New Focus On the Horizon While most Smith Barney advisor respondents were generally unimpressed by the acquisition of Legg advisors, it'll be interesting to see if Smith Barney's jettisoning of its asset management group -- and resulting new focus on retail distribution -- will rejuvenate the firm.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kristen French	Morgan Stanley: Tomorrow Is Another Day In this survey, the management upheaval and culling of broker ranks shows in the grades Morgan brokers give their firm.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 John Churchill	UBS: You Against Us? According to rank-and-file reps surveyed, UBS brass did a lot of things right this year and can take a bow -- and then quickly straighten up and fix the rest of what reps say is still ailing the firm.
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