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Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 |
Comings & Goings UBS has brought in two top-producing advisors... Bank of America's global wealth and investment management division has named executives... etc.  |
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.  |
Registered Rep. May 31, 2013 Megan Leonhardt |
Sizing Up the Street In the latest earnings cycle, here's how the wirehouses stacked up.  |
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.  |
Registered Rep. July 28, 2010 John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Brokerage Unit Turning the Corner? The "turning point" in client fund outflows is about to appear for UBS Wealth Management Americas.  |
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 John Aidan Byrne |
UBS' U.S. Brokerage Boosts Profits, Boasts Most Productive Advisors Despite global market conditions that lowered asset-based fees and transaction-based income, UBS Wealth Management Americas ended 2011 on firmer footing, earning $573 million for the year on revenues of $5.96 billion.  |
On Wall Street December 1, 2010 |
Who's News UBS hired Roger Stephens, Dan Rothenberg and Theodore Fisher... Wells Fargo hired Gary Bezilla and Alan Kinney... Thomas Hirsch joins Raymond James as manager of its Kentucky complex... more...  |
Registered Rep. September 3, 2010 John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Hires Four HNW Advisors The latest hires by UBS Wealth Management Americas reflect its goal of attracting business from the ultra rich in mostly major metropolitan markets in the United States.  |
On Wall Street November 1, 2009 Helen Kearney |
Back on the Front Lines Over the past few months, both UBS and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney have completed their transitions to the 'complex' management structure. Many of the branch managers affected haven't had a book of business for years and say it's not an easy thing to conjure up overnight.  |
Registered Rep. March 15, 2010 John Aidan Byrne |
McCann Is the Man at UBS; Name Change to PaineWebber? The much-anticipated revival plan for UBS Wealth Management Americas will cap off a series of recent organizational changes garnering support from an important constituency: advisors at the beleaguered brokerage.  |
Registered Rep. December 13, 2010 Susan Konig |
IBD and RIA Opportunities Arise For Branch Managers As the independent broker/dealer and RIA channels grow, they are creating a viable market for those displaced managers.  |
On Wall Street March 1, 2012 |
Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas has hired six financial advisors... Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hired Merrill Lynch advisors Philip Ressa and Justin Cho... Barclays Wealth has hired eight financial advisors...  |
On Wall Street July 1, 2009 Helen Kearney |
RBC Swooping in on UBS Advisors A string of veteran UBS advisors have made the jump to RBC Wealth Management over the past eight months.  |
On Wall Street December 1, 2011 |
Who's News Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hired three advisors from UBS Financial Services... Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisors Raymond Stacy and Christopher Pieper... Wells Fargo Advisors hired advisor Zoran Vaz...  |
On Wall Street February 1, 2012 |
Who's News New hires for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, UBS Wealth Management, and Raymond James.  |
Registered Rep. December 10, 2009 John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Announces New Comp Plan; Comp Focused on FA Loyalty and Future Production UBS' plan is a departure from brokerages where compensation is typically based on trailing commissions rather than on growth.  |
Registered Rep. May 4, 2010 John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Client Asset Outflows Slow in Q1 Improving market conditions softened the blow as total client assets hit $721.6 billion in the brokerage unit of the Swiss banking giant.  |
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.  |
Registered Rep. February 6, 2010 John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Reorganizes Wealth Management Division (update) The Wealth Management Americas division is aiming to bolster the Swiss bank's brokerage.  |
On Wall Street August 1, 2010 Aarti N. Maharaj |
The Wirehouse Way While the lure of independence has traditionally been viewed as the ultimate siren song for many advisors, many in the industry are finding good reasons to stay with the big companies. And it's not all about the money.  |
Registered Rep. September 26, 2011 Kristen French |
UBS Wealth Management Not For Sale; Analysts Say Don't Rule it Out Completely; Veteran FAs Calm Interim UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti and UBS Chairman Kasper Villiger sent a memo to advisors re-emphasizing that WMA is not for sale, a rumor that has been persistent despite continued denials by executives at the bank.  |
Registered Rep. February 8, 2011 John Aidan Byrne |
Some Bright Spots Among the Red Ink for UBS UBS Wealth Management Americas added client assets and a handful of advisors in the fourth quarter, cushioning the blow from steep legal costs that resulted in a pre-tax loss of $34.6 million.  |
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 |
Who's News Wells Fargo Advisors recruits a number of new financial advisors... UBS Wealth Management Americas recruits several new teams... Barclays Wealth hires Gary Krieger...  |
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.  |
Registered Rep. August 31, 2010 John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Beefs Up Alt Investments for Risk Reduction Jerry Pascucci, a former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney executive, is joining UBS Wealth Management Americas on September 7 as head of alternative investments, according to an internal memo obtained by Registered Rep.  |
On Wall Street August 1, 2011 Lorie Konish |
Expect a New Wave of Advisor Movement Even with rumblings that Wall Street firms could brace for cost cuts and layoffs this summer, competition for top wealth management talent is poised to remain strong.  |
On Wall Street October 1, 2011 |
Who's News Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Wells Fargo advisor Adam Gurien... Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has hired a team of Wells Fargo Advisors...Raymond James & Associates hires three advisors in Hingham, Mass... more...  |
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.  |
On Wall Street September 1, 2011 |
Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas, Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., Wells Fargo, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch announce personnel news.  |
Registered Rep. March 30, 2010 John Aidan Byrne |
Waiting on McCann's Plan for UBS It won't be announced this week or next; instead UBS is eying an announcement in mid-April or later, people familiar with the matter told us.  |
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 Lee Conrad |
Betting on McCann Can Bob McCann and his renewal team restore UBS Wealth Management Americas?  |
On Wall Street November 1, 2010 |
Who's News Recent hires in banking and financial services.  |
Registered Rep. September 30, 2013 Megan Leonhardt |
Wirehouse Evolution Far from a dying model, the big brokerages are changing their game.  |
Registered Rep. September 8, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
An Offer They Can't Refuse UBS is doing all it can to hold onto as many of the advisors at newly acquired Cleveland-based McDonald Investments as possible -- beginning with a retention package that will be hard to refuse.  |
Registered Rep. December 2, 2010 Susan Konig |
Former Branch Manager Recruits UBS Advisors With $1 billion Two advisors from UBS' Houston branch resigned from the firm to join their former UBS branch office manager, Patrick Mendenhall, at Houston-based U.S. Capital Advisors, the wealth management advisory firm he formed in September  |
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.  |
Registered Rep. September 22, 2011 John Aidan Byrne |
McCann Memo Aims to Reassure Jittery UBS Brokers In a strongly-worded memo this week to employees at UBS Wealth Management Americas, CEO Bob McCann assured them that matters are under control.  |
On Wall Street August 1, 2010 |
Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas announces several new hires... Wells Fargo hires Stephen Zahka from Merrill Lynch and Jeremiah McNamara from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney...  |
Registered Rep. January 10, 2011 Susan Konig |
In Tough Year, Unearthing Opportunities For Branch Managers Shifts in the wealth management business could spell opportunity for those managers who are able to reinvent themselves.  |
Registered Rep. July 26, 2011 John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Wealth Management on the Turnaround UBS Wealth Management Americas continues to improve, reporting pretax profit of $165 million for the second quarter.  |
Registered Rep. October 27, 2009 Kristen French |
UBS Hires McCann UBS announced that it has hired Bob McCann as the CEO of its UBS Wealth Management Americas unit, replacing former head of the division, Martin Hoekstra.  |
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.  |
On Wall Street May 1, 2012 |
The Top 10 Branch Managers of The Year Winners are selected based on several factors, including their marketing strategy, their ability to develop and motivate advisors and their dedication to providing superior client service.  |
Registered Rep. February 9, 2010 Kristen French |
UBS Americas Bleeds More Client Assets in Q4, Advisor Attrition Way Down Clients continued to withdraw significant assets from the firm both in the U.S. and around the world.  |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Lorie Konish |
Wells Fargo Creates New Regional Structure A new regional wealth management structure and continuing merger and acquisition buzz surrounding the firm could shift its role in the industry.  |
Registered Rep. October 25, 2011 Kristen French |
UBS Wealth Management Unit Pulls Into First Place, McCann Tells Troops The "rogue" trading loss and departure of CEO Oswald Grubel doesn't seem to have driven clients away from UBS in the third quarter.  |
Registered Rep. July 14, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Financial Advisor Switching Firms Jumps in June June was a busy month for financial advisors on the move. The number of advisors switching firms jumped 45 percent in June versus May, according to Discovery Database.  |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 John Churchill |
UBS Bellies Up to the Acquisition Table With the cost of recruiting and training soaring, firms continue to turn to acquisitions. The recent purchase by UBS of Piper Jaffray's brokerage unit won't be the last as competition for clients and their assets continues to intensify.  |
Registered Rep. October 5, 2011 John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Says Headhunters Playing Dirty, Unfairly Smearing the Firm Despite extensive media coverage describing nervous financial advisors and clients at the firm, insiders contend that much of this unflattering coverage is over-the-top.  |
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 |
Who's News Robert Baker and Edmund Iannaccone joined Wells Fargo... Richard Panico left RBC Wealth Management to join Wells Fargo Advisors... Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hired Leif Olson... UBS added Christopher Neri, Kevin Pacciano and Gary Harden to its Jacksonville, Fla. operation... more...  |