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Registered Rep.
September 14, 2005
John Churchill
Mother Merrill Adopts Advest From AXA Merrill Lynch and AXA Financial, part of the French insurance giant AXA, announced today that Merrill would buy The Advest Group, AXA's full-service retail brokerage arm. Both firms' shares rose on the news. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
Kevin Burke
Failure to Launch Last year, Merrill Lynch's deal to buy Advest was regarded as a savvy transaction. Eight months later, with about 100 reps left, the deal math looks considerably worse. But Merrill may soon have an opportunity to see if it can do better. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
John Churchill
Merrill Carrot to Advest Reps Merrill Lynch has proffered retention packages to newly acquired Advest Group's financial advisors, and according to industry observers, the packages are having their desired effect. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 14, 2008
Update: 6,200 Merrill FAs Sign BofA Retention At Deadline Merrill says that only about half of the firm's nearly 17,000 advisors were eligible in the first place, and that they are responsible for about 75 percent of the firm's production. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2006
Kristen French
One More Snag in Merrill-Advest Deal Two former Advest reps have filed a class-action lawsuit against Merrill Lynch and Advest for hijacking several hundred thousand dollars in accrued benefits they say were promised to them as Advest employees. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 13, 2007
Halah Touryalai
Merrill Grabs Advisors Producing $5.5 million From Rival UBS Merrill Lynch won big last week in the aggressive industry-wide recruiting war for top advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
April 1, 2010
Howard J. Stock
Back Office Move Has Advisors Up In Arms -- Some Bolt Questions surround what will happen to BAI clients when Merrill moves their accounts from National Financial to Merrill Lynch. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 22, 2005
John Churchill
For Merrill and Smith Barney Acquisitions, It's Wait n' See The financial firms' respective purchases would have added hundreds of regional brokers to their retail brokerage units, but many of these departing brokers have decided they don't want to work for a big firm and are finding sweet recruiting deals at smaller shops. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 24, 2008
John Churchill
Merrill Retention Is Adequate for Top Dogs, Scanty for Lower-Tier Producers The long-awaited Merrill Lynch retention package has arrived. Not surprisingly, top producers will probably be pleased, but others may not. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
September 15, 2008
Kristen French
Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen
Merrill Watching Consolidation with Eyes Wide Open James Gorman, head of Merrill Lynch's private client group, believes the brokerage industry will continue to consolidate in the coming years. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 14, 2005
John Churchill
For Advest Reps, Clock Is Ticking With only two weeks left before Merrill Lynch closes its deal to buy Advest Group, top reps at the Hartford, Conn.-based firm continue to run for the exits. This past weekend another $8 million in production decamped for other firms. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
September 1, 2009
Helen Kearney
On Life Support a Year Ago, Merrill Pays for Top Producers Merrill, under BofA, seems to be on the hunt to add to its ranks, and it's offering a very competitive package that has almost unlimited upside for top producers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
November 2009
Kathleen M. McBride
Merrill's Big Plans The importance of culture at the organization is what Sallie Krawcheck spoke of at her first press conference as president of Global Wealth Management & Investment Management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen
Mother Merrill's Extreme Makeover A 12-year veteran of Merrill Lynch has noticed a pronounced improvement over the years in the way clients perceive him and his colleagues. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2005
I'm A Broker, You're A Broker At most publicly traded national broker/dealers, about 35 percent of employees are called financial advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 19, 2006
Kevin Burke
Merrill's Brokerage Earnings Up Pretax earnings at Merrill Lynch's global private client group rose 27% in the first quarter ending March 31 to $646 million, up from $510 million in the same period a year ago. As might be expected, the division's headcount increased along with profits. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 16, 2012
Kristen French
Due Diligence: Merrill Cost-Cutting Centers on Client Segmentation, Less Bureacracy Merrill Lynch financial advisors can expect Bank of America cost-cutting to take the form of greater client segmentation and reduced bureaucracy, said John Thiel of Merrill Lynch mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 28, 2015
Merrill Lynch: A Simple and Streamlined Approach Merrill Lynch designed Merrill Lynch One, a multi-year, $100 million project that brought together five disparate money management platforms, each with their own fee structure, enrollment process and website. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 8, 2010
Kristen French
Merrill Strengthens Golden Handcuffs For New Hires, Recruits Small Fry To receive all of his recruiting bonus money, a new hire must now stick around for 14 years, instead of nine, and all of the back-end money is now deferred, where a big portion used to be in cash. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 30, 2010
John Aidan Byrne
Report: Merrill Edge Threatens Online and Regional Brokers, Not Its Own FAs A new report by research firm Aite Group this week, sees Bank of America Merrill Lynch's recently expanded online brokerage business -- as a serious challenge to the online business of powerhouses such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 18, 2007
Kevin Burke
Merrill Reports Strong Revenues, Adds 270 Advisors Merrill Lynch's retail brokerage arm turns in another strong quarter, as fee-based revenue continued to climb to record levels. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 6, 2008
Bank Of America To Sign Protocol, Herd Still Weighing Options Bank of America intends to sign the so-called "broker protocol," an agreement signed by most of the brokerage firms and RIAs stipulating what client information is acceptable for a departing financial advisor to take without getting sued by the former employer. But when? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2008
Merrill Reps: Waiting For Retention News Brokers were told they would be offered retention packages, but no further details have been offered so far. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 4, 2009
John Churchill
Merrill Lynch's Dan Sontag Out? Salaried Merrill Brokers? Not so Fast According to a story posted yesterday on Clusterstock.com, a financial blog, Dan Sontag, head of Merrill Lynch's global wealth and investment management unit, is about to be pink-slipped. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 21, 2006
Kevin Burke
In a Competitive Recruiting Climate, Merrill Sweetens FA Benefits Merrill Lynch has launched a new benefit program for its army of 15,700 brokers that will provide financial assistance to their families in the event of their death. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 5, 2012
Diana Britton
A Regional Resurgence After years of being considered acquisition targets, regional broker/dealers may be making a comeback. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 4, 2009
French & Churchill
Dan Sontag Departs Merrill Lynch Much beloved by Merrill financial advisors, Dan Sontag is stepping down as head of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 28, 2008
Merrill Retention Package Angers FAs With "TRO" Language Merrill Lynch financial advisors are worried about one paragraph in the retention contract they received last Friday, October 24 -- very worried. And it has to do with the so-called broker protocol agreement. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 25, 2006
Kevin Burke
Merrill Fighting Back Against Recent Defections The recruiting war for top brokers remains fierce. The latest evidence of the fight to win million-dollar producers involves the industry's biggest firms. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 15, 2011
Kristen French
Merrill Earnings Strongest Since Bank of America Takeover Bank of America's Global Wealth and Investment Management division, which includes Merrill Lynch, reported its highest earnings since Bank of America's takeover of Merrill in late 2008, as asset management and brokerage fees rose. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 23, 2006
Kristen French
Merrill To Gorman: Quit Poaching Our Reps And BOMs Is James Gorman, the new head of retail at Morgan Stanley, brazenly poaching employees from his old firm, Merrill Lynch? A judge apparently thinks so. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 18, 2006
Kevin Burke
Merrill's Brokerage Unit Records Huge Second-Quarter Gains Merrill's global private client group (GPC) registered a pretax earnings increase of 53%, to $701 million, in the second quarter ending June 30, up from $457 million in the same period in 2005. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 10, 2008
John Churchill
McCann: Merrill Managers Get No Retention, FA Package Due in Two Weeks Merrill's president revealed that managers will get no retention package and only the top third of financial advisors will be getting a deal. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 13, 2004
David A. Gaffen
Merrill Reports Record Quarter Merrill Lynch reported earnings of $1.3 billion for the first quarter of 2004, a 95 percent increase from the same period a year ago. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2010
John Aidan Byrne
Bank of America Ramps Up Online Brokerage Bank of America is making a push into electronic brokerage services, a menu that includes free online trading and a new platform called Merrill Edge, set to debut in late June. Some say the new services will steal business from Merrill advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 11, 2006
John Churchill
UBS Snaps Up Piper Jaffray's Brokerage Unit The Swiss banking giant UBS added the retail unit of Midwestern gem Piper Jaffray today to its wirehouse brokerage division for $500 million in cash and other considerations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 4, 2009
David A. Geracioti
The Conflicts of Interest in Not Being a Fiduciary; Hang Charlie Merrill In Effigy? At least one commentator is calling for Charlie Merrill to be hung in effigy for creating the modern-day, hard-charging, sales-oriented brokerage called Merrill Lynch. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005
By the Numbers Top 10 Broker/Dealers, by Advisor Headcount: Merrill Lynch... Wachovia... Smith Barney... Morgan Stanley... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2006
Kevin Burke
Hired and Fired Up The biggest brokerage businesses are showing that even in a modest market upswing they now have in place a strategy for delivering stronger and steadier sales and earnings growth. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 20, 2010
Kristen French
Merrill Won't Seek Growth Through Top Tier Advisor Hires Merrill Lynch plans to grow primarily by investing in current advisors and hiring rookies, said Merrill Lynch president of Global Wealth and Investment Management Sallie Krawcheck on Tuesday. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson
Maybe a Bull Case for Merrill Lynch This large broker-dealer is doing well, but further operating improvements could make it a bargain for investors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 16, 2010
Jerry Gleeson
Merrill Advisor Defections Flat In Q1, Profit Falls Profits were down last quarter at Merrill Lynch but the brokerage's performance still helped to lift the fortunes of its new parent, Bank of America Corp. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
January 2010
James J. Green
BAIS Moves Reps to Merrill Banc of America Investment Services (BAIS), Inc., transitioned its registered representatives to Merrill Lynch, and then requested that FINRA withdraw BAIS's broker/dealer registration. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 2, 2006
Kristen French
Brokers Learning to Play by New Rules It's no longer business as usual on Wall Street. Starting yesterday, broker/dealers must follow a new SEC rule that requires them to disclose at certain times that they may not be acting in their clients' best interest. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
April 1, 2011
Lorie Konish
U.S. Trust Defends Garden Policy, Codifies Processes Bank of America Corp. gave its U.S. Trust advisors notice in February that they were subject to "garden leave restrictions" if they left, sending shock waves through the industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 8, 2006
Kevin Burke
Merrill Brokers to Get Less Money Now, More Later--If They Stay Merrill Lynch has changed the way it pays its brokers to include more deferred compensation and less cash. The new package rewards brokers who stay a long time, while penalizing those that don't. Its aim is reducing turnover, but may also improve the firm's earnings. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
January 29, 2009
On the Dole Bank of America, which agreed to buy Merrill Lynch in September, has been a prime beneficiary of the bailout. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen
Merrill Takes it To the Bank One of Merrill Lynch's major initiatives in the coming year will be to continue to attract clients to the firm's expanded banking service, known as Beyond Banking. mark for My Articles similar articles