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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.
April 21, 2009
Christina Mucciolo
Smaller Advisors On The Firing Line It used to be that financial advisors never got fired. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 7, 2011
Kristen French
Will the SEC Curtail Recruiting Bonuses? With brokerage revenues getting squeezed and regulators sniffing around compensation issues and potential conflicts of interest, it's possible that 2011 could bring some changes to broker comp plans. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
March 1, 2010
Helen Kearney
Compensation 2010 Your definitive guide to the changes in advisor compensation across the industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2005
David A. Gaffen
Wachovia Goes Halvesies Keep it simple. That's the idea behind Wachovia Securities new grid, one that offers a round 50 percent payout to brokers, once they pass a $9,000 production threshold. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 27, 2008
John Churchill
Separate BofA Retention Package Targets Top Half of BofA force Only 50 percent, or roughly 1,000 of the 2,000 Bank of America Investment Services financial advisors, will see a retention bonus. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
March 1, 2013
Braswell & Konish
Compensation Plans Step Up to Next Level Compensation plans for 2013 come with new incentives for advisors to strive for growth. 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.
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
Registered Rep.
December 14, 2012
Megan Leonhardt
Wirehouses Dangle New Carrots, Small Sticks In 2013 Across the board, all four major wirehouses tweaked their compensation plans for the upcoming year; In some cases, they are upping the bar to earn payouts and putting greater emphasis on incentives to gain new, richer clients. 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.
June 1, 2012
Jerry Gleeson
Rep.'s Annual Compensation Report 2012: The Chink in the Ka-Ching Small household accounts have always been the bane of brokerages' existence, and advisors who work with such clients do so at the peril of their own compensation. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 3, 2006
Kristen French
Morgan Tinkers with Grid; Wants FAs to Aim High James Gorman announced the rollout of a new compensation program that will greatly increase the firm's spending. But, in an effort to get reps to think big, accounts below $50,000 will no longer generate any compensation for the rep. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 28, 2009
John Aidan Byrne
Merrill Chief Sontag Vows "To Restore Pride"; Brokers Ask, Hey, Sontag, Where Is My Bonus and Junket? Daniel C. Sontag, chief of Bank of America's newly-acquired wealth management division, fielded some tough questions Monday from miffed Merrill Lynch financial advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
December 1, 2008
Frances A. McMorris
Bank of America Gets on Board Bank of America finally gave in and agreed to join the industry-wide protocol in an effort to prevent an exodus of Merrill Lynch financial advisors. 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.
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.
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.
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
On Wall Street
March 1, 2012
Lorie Konish
Go,Teams! When Hilliard Lyons introduced its current team-based award program in its compensation program five years ago, it led to what Executive Vice President Darryl Metzger now calls an "A-HA" moment for the firm. 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.
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.
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
Financial Advisor
March 2012
UBS Reeling In Merrill Advisors The big four wirehouse firms are always trying to poach top talent from their rivals, but UBS Wealth Management seems to be doing a particularly job good job of late when it comes to snagging advisor teams from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. 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 1, 2005
John Churchill
The Money Squeeze There's one thing that stands between the big retail brokerage firms and the high profit margins that the executives of these firms and their investors seek: the financial advisor. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 13, 2009
Christina Mucciolo
Wall Street Squeezes Small Brokers, Many Go Independent In this brutal market, many advisors are taking payout cuts or being let go. But many of these advisors are finding homes at independent and regional b/ds and RIA firms. 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.
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.
November 1, 2006
John Churchill
A.G.E. to Catch a Rep Instead of buying brokers like its peers with offers of big upfront forgivable loans, A.G. Edwards is offering its own reps bonuses for successfully recruiting good reps. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Kristen French
The Wealth Management Quest Are you really a wealth manager? Do you know what the phrase really means? It pays to know, because a new compensation report shows only 8% of advisors -- across all business channels -- actually fit the bill. 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.
January 6, 2009
Sontag Takes McCann's Job At Merrill More shocking to Merrill Lynch advisors than the sudden departure of their leader is the disappearance of the "MER" logo from their computer screens. 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.
November 4, 2011
Kristen French
Indie Exodus: Overhyped? In 2009, in the wake of arguably one of the biggest financial crises this country has seen since the Great Depression, over 3,000 financial advisors left Merrill Lynch, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo to start life over at an independent broker/dealer or RIA firm. 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
On Wall Street
January 1, 2012
Frances A. McMorris
The Year of Movement Whether firms are just getting aggressive or retention packages are losing their grip, advisors are watching their own bottom line. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 26, 2010
Kristen French
Sallie Krawcheck Gets Caught In Rumor Mill, Salary Plus Bonus? The future of Sallie Krawcheck, head of Merrill Lynch's thundering herd, is suddenly the subject of much speculation. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 11, 2003
David A. Gaffen
Smith Barney Changes Payout Grid Smith Barney is altering its compensation system for 2004, with the main goal being to simplify its payouts and make them more product-neutral. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 10, 2009
David A. Geracioti
Merrill Integration Ahead of Schedule, Says Lewis An article in the New York Post claims Merrill Lynch advisors are annoyed with Bank of America's (BoA) efforts to get them to offer their clients BoA checking accounts, but Ken Lewis says that's not true. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2011
Kristen French
Broker Report Card 2011: It's Getting Better All the Time Registered Rep.'s 21st annual Broker Report Cards showed advisor satisfaction ratings creeping higher this year across the board -- on everything from compensation and benefits, compliance support and sales support to products. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2010
John Aidan Byrne
Neck And Neck, Morgan and Merrill On Hiring Sprees Both firms say they plan to add net financial advisors in 2010, adding to stated plans to sign up 2,000 trainees each this year. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 11, 2002
Ross Tucker
Merrill Program Seeks to Boost Women and Minority Advisors Executives from Merrill Lynch's global diversity group say the firm has to do a better job in retaining and boosting the performance of women and minority financial advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
October 1, 2011
Lorie Konish
Will Bofa's Leadership Change Hurt the Thundering Herd? In one fell swoop, Bank of America changed the face of its wealth management leadership when it announced the departure of the unit's top executive Sallie Krawcheck. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 8, 2010
Kristen French
Wells Fargo Advisors Hikes Recruiting Bonuses 100 bps In the next couple of months, major Wall Street brokers may be giving Wells Fargo Advisors a closer look. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
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
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.
August 6, 2010
John Aidan Byrne
UBS Advisors Welcome Mortgage Rollout Financial advisors at UBS Wealth Management Americas closely watched this week as the U.S. brokerage rolled out plans to sell more of its own mortgage and lending products through its retail brokerage force. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2010
John Aidan Byrne
Who Will be Number One Among the Wirehouses? A good old-fashioned Wall Street fight for retail assets -- and a fierce tussle over which firm can call itself the Number One retail wealth management firm on Wall Street -- is brewing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2012
Kristen French
Did the $5 Debit Card Fee Prompt the Merrill Exodus? Bank of America Merrill Lynch has been bleeding top brokers in the past six months, just as many industry observers predicted. mark for My Articles similar articles