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September 7, 2005
Kristen French
Post-Purcell Shuffle Claims Marsh, More Morgan Directors to Follow? The changing of the guard at Morgan Stanley continues as leadership loyal to departed CEO Philip Purcell heads for the exits. mark for My Articles similar articles
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August 17, 2005
Kristen French
Gorman to the Rescue? Now that James Gorman has been selected as the future head of Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage, what will he do to turn it around, and can he pull it off? mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 1, 2005
Kristen French
Apres Purcell--Le Spinoff? Now that Morgan Stanley's CEO has given up, the future of the old Dean Witter organization is in question. Morgan Stanley remains under pressure to improve profitability and its stock price. mark for My Articles similar articles
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February 21, 2006
Kristen French
At Morgan Stanley, the Gorman Era Dawns At Merrill, James Gorman was able to take a top team and make it more effective -- at Morgan Stanley, he inherits a demoralized, decimated sales force that trails its peers in assets under management, productivity and profit margins. mark for My Articles similar articles
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September 10, 2009
Kristen French
Gorman Grabs Morgan Stanley CEO Slot James Gorman, the former head of Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage division and now co-president of the firm, is slated to take over the CEO job in January, 2010. mark for My Articles similar articles
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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
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September 12, 2005
Kristen French
More Adieus From Morgan Stanley Directors As expected, Morgan Stanley board members from the Philip Purcell era continue to decamp, with two more directors out. With these resignations, the board now has 11 directors. mark for My Articles similar articles
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September 1, 2005
Kristen French
Gorman to the Rescue? Morgan Stanley brokers should expect a revolution when James Gorman takes the helm of the retail unit. mark for My Articles similar articles
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December 1, 2005
Kristen French
Morgan Brokers Still Heading for Exits There has been a parade of top brokers who have left Morgan Stanley in recent months. The losses, which began under embattled former CEO Phil Purcell, have not abated since his replacement, John Mack, arrived in June. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 1, 2006
Kristen French
James Gorman's First Marking Period In his first four months as head of Morgan Stanley's brokerage unit, James Gorman wasted no time showing that a new regime was in place. But he hasn't convinced all the troops that it's worth sticking around to see how his turnaround plans play out. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 28, 2005
Kristen French
Morgan Confirms Trainee, Broker Cutbacks In an internal memo, co-president Zoe Cruz announced the company would reduce the number of trainees it hires to 1,000 in 2006, from 2,400 this year, while continuing to recruit experienced brokers who focus on high-net-worth clients. mark for My Articles similar articles
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November 18, 2005
Kristen French
Smith Barney Cuts Pay for Smaller Brokers The new pay scale was announced to brokers internally in October and will take effect in January. mark for My Articles similar articles
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September 22, 2005
John Churchill
Morgan Stanley's Retail Unit Posts Mixed Third Quarter The company's retail brokerage recorded pretax tax profits of $30 million for the third quarter, a healthy 36% gain over last year, despite a continued exodus of advisors and large legal and regulatory costs. But client assets fell versus the prior quarter, an ominous sign. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 21, 2005
Kristen French
On the Gossip Trail: Mack to Replace Schaefer--But With Whom? When Morgan Stanley announced that the head of its struggling retail brokerage unit was stepping down, Wall Street immediately began speculating about who will be chosen as his successor -- and what that successor might augur for the retail brokerage. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 26, 2005
Kristen French
Morgan Trainee Program Could Get Whacked John Mack is moving quickly to get Morgan Stanley's ailing retail brokerage in shape. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 28, 2005
Kristen French
Mack as CEO Could be Retail Champion John Mack, the rumored favorite of Morgan Stanley's board for the CEO slot, could be a blessing for the firm's retail brokers if he gets the job. mark for My Articles similar articles
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March 1, 2007
Gorman Gets It An interview with Morgan Stanley's James Gorman about the improvement in morale at the firm, what it took to get brokers turned around, what he still needs to accomplish and how Morgan is different from the rest of its Wall Street peers. mark for My Articles similar articles
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September 2, 2010
Moore & Mildenberg
In the Battle of the Big Brokers, Merrill Is Winning Merrill Lynch earns higher profits with fewer advisers, thanks to a smooth integration with Bank of America and more cross-selling. mark for My Articles similar articles
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April 8, 2004
Joan Warner
Trouble In The House That Purcell Built? After suffering through a cruel bear market, Morgan Stanley has come under regulatory scrutiny and legal fire for practices in several key businesses in the past two years, including mutual fund sales. mark for My Articles similar articles
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December 1, 2002
Ross Tucker
Happy Holidays! You're Fired. The ax will fall at year's end for some 700 of 13,500 Morgan Stanley brokers. Some branches will be closed entirely. mark for My Articles similar articles
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March 22, 2006
Kristen French
Morgan Sees Weak Retail First Quarter Followed by Brighter Future Morgan Stanley reported bad news on first quarter retail earnings today. Both pre-tax income and margins declined steeply for its brokerage business, but in a conference call this morning chief financial officer David Sidwell expressed optimism about the future of the business unit. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 30, 2005
John Churchill
Mack Back, Officially John Mack, former head of Morgan Stanley, returns hoping to quiet employee dissent and questions in the media about the firm's direction. mark for My Articles similar articles
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December 1, 2005
Kristen French
Where's My Money? After California brokers won $37 million in an overtime lawsuit against Merrill Lynch in August, a slew of copycat lawsuits have been filed against other brokerage firms, many of them in New York. mark for My Articles similar articles
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March 16, 2006
Kristen French
Gorman Streamlines Morgan, Brings on Merrill Friends In his first step as head of retail brokerage at Morgan Stanley, James Gorman has streamlined the firm's regional office structure -- reducing regional offices to four from eight and cutting out one layer of management. mark for My Articles similar articles
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November 10, 2005
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Waves Baby Carrot at Sales Assistants The brokerage announced plans to bump up the 2006 raise pool to 3.5 percent, and will offer an additional 5 percent to some underpaid SAs, starting in December. mark for My Articles similar articles
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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
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March 3, 2006
Halah Tourylai
Third Wirehouse Coughs Up Millions In Overtime Cases Yesterday, Morgan Stanley became the third wirehouse, after Merrill Lynch and UBS, to settle class action suits with California brokers over overtime pay in the past seven months -- the second in three weeks. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 1, 2005
Kristen French
Star Wars Recruiting competition between the top brokerage firms is fiercer than ever, and Morgan Stanley is currently wielding one of the most powerful deals on Wall Street. mark for My Articles similar articles
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November 1, 2005
Kevin Burke
Reshuffling the Decks There is an unusual amount of reorganization afoot, with Merrill, Wachovia, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney all shaking up their retail brokerage operations. Some of the moves have direct implications for retail advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 10, 2005
Kristen French
Purcell Takes Stage, Tries to Rally Support Morgan Stanley's embattled CEO Philip Purcell tried to shore up shareholder support and squelch the almost daily flood of media speculation over the firm's future. But were shareholders convinced? mark for My Articles similar articles
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January 13, 2011
Michael J. Moore
It's Showtime for Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley failed to live up to expectations last year; CEO James Gorman doesn't want the losing streak to continue. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 13, 2005
Kristen French
With Purcell to Resign, Who's Up? After months of fighting for Morgan Stanley CEO Philip Purcell's resignation, the Group of Eight dissident shareholders finally got what they wanted: Purcell announced that he was stepping down once a successor could be named. mark for My Articles similar articles
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November 1, 2005
Kristen French
Bonus Bait Morgan Stanley is planning to offer bonuses to brokers who expand their production in 2006. mark for My Articles similar articles
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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
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March 9, 2011
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Cutting 200-300 FAs And Trainees The firm's wealth management division, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, should end the quarter with about 17,800 advisors, still the largest brokerage force in the U.S. by headcount. mark for My Articles similar articles
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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
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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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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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
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October 1, 2002
Rick Weinberg
Morgan Stanley Boosts Pay for Fee Business Morgan Stanley unveiled a new compensation plan for brokers that rewards fee-based business and penalizes transactional business. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 21, 2006
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Retail Reports Second-Quarter Gains Finally, some good news for Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage. The unit reported strong second-quarter gains Wednesday, including an impressive surge in advisor productivity, which hit an all-time record for the firm. mark for My Articles similar articles
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February 24, 2006
Kristen French
Morgan Grants Stock Worth $29 Million to Gorman The grant mostly goes to replace compensation the new retail brokerage head would have earned at his previous job with Merrill Lynch, but didn't because of his resignation, according to the firm's regulatory filing. mark for My Articles similar articles
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March 30, 2006
Kristen French
Gorman Wields Knife Again Yesterday, new Morgan Stanley retail chief James Gorman unleashed a fresh round of cuts -- with more expected shortly -- as part of his efforts to right the faltering brokerage operation. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 1, 2005
Glenn Curtis
The Purcell Discount Hovering at a recent $51.73 --- down from its all-time highs of $110 a share --- are Morgan Stanley common shares a buy? mark for My Articles similar articles
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January 1, 2007
Halah Touryalai
Riding High It was a fine year for brokerage firms -- especially their stocks. No one came up bigger than Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in terms of percentage gains. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 1, 2009
David Geracioti
Can You Say, "Morgan Stanley Smith Barney?" The Joint Venture Launches Today The deal merging Citi's brokerage (Smith Barney) with Morgan Stanley's Global Wealth Management Group is closed -- ahead of schedule. mark for My Articles similar articles
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March 30, 2006
Kristen French
Gorman Unrestrained Morgan Stanley retail chief James Gorman was freed by a New York State judge of the temporary restraining order that prevented him from raiding Merrill Lynch's brokerage ranks. mark for My Articles similar articles
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March 1, 2005
John Churchill
Earnings Forecast: Clouds Give Way to Sun The past year's earnings troubles belie the brokerage industry's sunny prospects for 2005. For advisors, the industry's recent troubles have translated into fewer jobs, but many firms are recruiting aggressively again. mark for My Articles similar articles
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March 21, 2005
Emily Thornton
Phil Purcell's Credibility Crisis Investors want Morgan Stanley's chief to beef up weak businesses -- or dump them. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 11, 2005
John Churchill
More Changes at Morgan Stanley The resignation of Morgan Stanley's co-president Stephen Crawford and the disclosure of his pay package cause public comment on the unusual nature of events and anger among employees and shareholders alike. Chairman John Mack works to retain top people. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 27, 2007
John Churchill
Court Okays 120 Days to Move Fee-based Brokerage Accounts Broker-dealers got the breathing room they hoped with regards to complying with the recent court ruling that outlaws fee-based brokerage accounts. mark for My Articles similar articles