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Registered Rep.
September 13, 2006
Halah Touryalai
Morgan Joins Inter-Brokerage TRO Pact This firm has officially opted to join the inter-brokerage pact, which stipulates that members will not sue brokers departing to other firms when they try to take their clients with them -- as long as they are moving to another firm named in the pact. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai
Morgan Joins TRO Pact Morgan Stanley has officially opted to join the inter-brokerage pact, first created in the fall of 2004, which stipulates that members will not sue brokers departing to other firms when they try to take their clients with them. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 31, 2008
French & Churchill
If Bank of America Signs Protocol, It's Business As Usual. If Not, Maybe Not But Merrill Lynch advisors may not know whether BofA will sign it before they have to sign their own retention agreements. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 14, 2012
Mindy Diamond
Broker Protocol Booming As firm-switching among brokers rose to record levels over the past four years, the number of signatories exploded, growing almost 40 fold. Many of the new signatories are RIAs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 28, 2011
Kraus & Freedman
Got Protocol? Despite the large number of firms who are party to it, the broker protocol has certainly not stopped litigation with departing Registered Representatives. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Thomas D. Giachetti
The Skinny on the Protocol The law is fairly clear that a departing advisor should not bring any customer information to a new employer. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
May 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell
Is the Protocol Long for This World? With Wall St. firms carving out 'exceptions,' Patrick Burns asks if a weakened Protocol can survive 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.
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.
September 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow You won't have to steal client addresses and phone numbers any more when switching firms --- that is, if you work for Merrill Lynch, Smith Barney or UBS Securities. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2007
Broker Protocol for All? A judge's decision may make it a lot easier for brokers to leave protocol firms at a time when recruiting wars and transition packages are at their peak. 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.
July 14, 2011
Jerry Gleeson
Wirehouse Breakaways Eye HighTower Model VWG Wealth Management, with assets of $700 million, is the fifth wirehouse team this year to join HighTower Advisors, a Chicago-based hybrid RIA with national reach and $18 billion in AUM. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 3, 2012
Jerry Gleeson
Raiders of the Wirehouse Ark The emergence of HighTower as a major player in the independent space also dovetails with the changes that have shaken the wirehouse industry since the 2008 financial crash. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
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
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2008
Churchill & French
Merrill Lynch Says Broker Protocol Still Intact, Clarification Forthcoming Merrill Lynch financial advisors put off by non-compete language in the retention package they received last week -- who must now decide whether to sign it -- are getting assurances from Merrill that it's not as bad as they think. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 11, 2010
Susan Konig
Advisor Movement Should Pick Up in 2011, Experts Predict Aggressive and lucrative recruitment packages essentially prompted anyone who wanted a big check to move last year, Diamond says. 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
On Wall Street
March 1, 2013
Samantha Allen
HighTower Aims to Lure Top Names with Home Office Visit HighTower Advisors has steadily worked to carve out a role as an emerging boutique firm through its high-profile advisor recruitment wins. Many prospective hires are attracted after their first home-office visit. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2009
James J. Green
Editor's Note: Change Partners Some thoughts from the editor of this publication on the current state of the financial advisory business. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2009
James J. Green
Free It's the concept and reality of joining a true partnership that has led some of the biggest advisors at the biggest Wall Street firms to join HighTower Advisors. 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.
August 10, 2004
David A. Gaffen
Fleeing Brokers Can Take Some Client Info Three of the nation's largest brokerage firms have agreed to make it easier for registered reps to take clients with them when they change firms, eliminating a lot of the cloak-and-dagger antics that brokers often suffer when making a move. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 20, 2010
Halah Touryalai
Wealth Management Has Strong Fourth Quarter At Morgan, BofA Neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney nor Bank of America ended 2009 with a bang in the earnings department. But their wealth management units were pockets of strength. 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.
March 1, 2007
Mindy Diamond
Of Myths and Moving: Revisited The thought of changing firms is a big step for any financial advisor. But don't let cloudy thinking get in your way. Make sure you stop paying heed to old Wall Street myths. Don't fear change. Embrace it. 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
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Thomas D. Giachetti
The Compliance Coach: Independent Advisors: Don't Violate the Protocol There are two major issues for a registered representative to consider when deciding to leave a firm and go independent. The first is how to leave. The second is appropriate registration and ongoing regulatory complance requirements. 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.
August 29, 2013
Mindy Diamond
Buying Growth Buying a book of business from a retiring advisor can be a good strategy, but read the fine print, and consider these points. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 29, 2014
Mindy Diamond
Ten Years of Myths and Moving Why advisors need to purge common "myths" from their thinking about changing jobs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 14, 2008
Halah Touryalai
Morgan Stanley Offers $50 million In Overtime Settlement The settlement covers all financial advisors, trainees, producing branch managers, assistant branch managers and sales managers who live outside of California and were employed with the New York-based firm between Sept. 1, 2002, and April 21, 2008. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
August 1, 2011
Who's News Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisor David Massey... HighTower Advisors has hired a three-member MSSB team... UBS Wealth Management Americas has hired MSSB executive Jon Mallon... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 18, 2012
Diana Britton
Tiburon's Roame: Less of a Breakaway Trend, More of a `Broken-Away' Trend Whether you agree with him or not, Chip Roame, managing principal of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, is not afraid to tell you exactly how he sees it when it comes to the financial services industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 24, 2007
Halah Touryalai
The New New RIA Model: Sharing Back Offices The barriers to going independent are shrinking. Don't believe it? Check out Mraz, Amerine & Hirschler & Associates, a firm launched by three wirehouse advisors who left Morgan Stanley earlier this month with $400 million in client assets. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 21, 2010
Jerry Gleeson
Assets, Advisors Decline at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Q2 Morgan Stanley is making continued progress on its integration with Smith Barney, but declines in assets and headcount suggest it may be feeling the pain of client and advisor departures. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 22, 2009
Christina Mucciolo
MSSB Plans to Double Size of U.S. Division For Ultra Wealthy Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management will exclusively serve clients with a minimum of $20 million in assets. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015
2015 Broker Report Card: Show Me The Money Advisors' gross production varied widely by firm in this year's survey results. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2004
John Churchill
Shaky Third Quarter Gives Advisors Pause The last quarter hasn't been great for retail brokerages. Low trading activity and geopolitical uncertainty kept investors on the sidelines, and advisors are feeling the pinch. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 5, 2009
Kristen French
Citi Bank Brokerage Converts To All Fees Citigroup announced that it would convert its small North American bank brokerage business completely to a fee-on-assets-based fiduciary advice system, and would stop collecting commissions on stock and fund sales. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
January 2009
Eric Rasmussen
Revenge Of The Wirehouses Large Wall Street firms dangle big incentives to hang onto advisors. 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.
January 14, 2011
Kristen French
Some MSSB Advisors Upset by Johnston's Departure Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman announced Thursday that Greg Fleming, head of the firm's asset management business, will replace Charles Johnston as head of wealth management. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 2, 2011
Jerry Gleeson
Ex-Merrill Team: HighTower's Model Is Financial Advisory World's iPod HighTower Advisors' latest recruitment prize, a Merrill Lynch private banking team, says it sees big changes coming in the financial advisory world. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 19, 2010
Jerry Gleeson
Merrill Hires Executive from MSSB A senior executive at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has jumped ship for Merrill Lynch. Jimmy Tighe, former New York City regional director for Morgan has been hired by Merrill as managing director and business & resource integration executive at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. 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
On Wall Street
June 1, 2009
Carri Degenhardt-Burke
Don't Burn Bridges, They Lead to the Future In this environment of consolidation and constant change, it pays to get to know the guy on the other side of your street mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
July 1, 2010
Lauren Barack
Beating Back The Independents So a mere eighteen months after the sky fell, is it really possible that life at the wirehouses isn't so bad? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2012
Donald Jay Korn
High-Octane Expansion: Hightower Advisors Has a New Growth Plan HighTower has gotten a big boost by working with independents. Can it keep up the momentum? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 29, 2010
Jerry Gleeson
Merrill, MSSB Invest in New Technology Wirehouse firms continue to upgrade their advisor workstation technology following the recent consolidation among firms. mark for My Articles similar articles