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Registered Rep.
October 11, 2011
Jerry Gleeson
Top Convergent Wealth Exec Jumps to Focus Financial Lori Van Dusen, a widely regarded executive at one of the largest registered investment advisors in the country has jumped ship to start her own practice with another, much larger RIA. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
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
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. 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.
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.
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.
September 30, 2013
Megan Leonhardt
Wirehouse Evolution Far from a dying model, the big brokerages are changing their game. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 7, 2012
Jerry Gleeson
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's King Breaks Away, Taps Dynasty for Help A Morgan Stanley Smith Barney team led by Larry King in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. left the wirehouse and started an independent registered investment advisor, King Wealth Management Group. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 21, 2010
Jerry Gleeson
Morgan Stanley Profits Rise, Advisor Count Flat Morgan Stanley on Wednesday reported higher-than-expected revenues and profits in the first quarter, lifted by its acquisition last spring of Smith Barney and by higher fixed income. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
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
Registered Rep.
April 21, 2011
Diana Britton
Raymond James Adds Assets, Loses Advisors Raymond James Financial's Private Client Group led the firm's growth in the second quarter. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 9, 2011
Gleeson & Britton
New SEC Disclosure Rules Dismay Some Advisors; Advisor Disciplinary Histories in Welcome Packets New SEC rules that require federally-registered advisors to disclose their disciplinary histories in brochures and provide them to clients will get under way in earnest by the end of the summer. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 13, 2012
Jerry Gleeson
Raymond James Ramping Up Its RIA with New Leadership, Investment The new president, Bill Van Law, said the company plans to make a significant investment in the business in the months ahead. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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.
February 23, 2010
Halah Touryalai
Clients, The New Breakaways First, there was the breakaway broker phenomenon; now, it seems, we have a growing vogue of breakaway clients -- former wirehouse investors who ditch their old advisors for new ones at independent RIAs or broker/dealers. 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.
July 26, 2011
John Aidan Byrne
Online Brokerages Still Grabbing Market Share From Wirehouses Online brokerages continue to take market share from the wirehouses, according to a new report. 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
February 1, 2010
Frances A. McMorris
When Firms Collide: Is Culture Clash Inevitable? Merged companies have been integrated and new executives have taken up their posts, but everyone is still trying to adjust. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 7, 2011
Jerry Gleeson
Morgan Stanley May Drop "Smith Barney" From Name Will the Smith Barney name go the way of A.G. Edwards, Bear Stearns, and other brokerages whose historic identities were sublimated following acquisitions by larger firms? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 21, 2012
Megan Leonhardt
Looking Back, 2012 A Mixed Bag For Wirehouses Assets mostly were up, but advisors are on the move. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 20, 2011
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Says Integration On Track, Wealth Managment Revenues Up 7% Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman and CFO Ruth Porat said they are pleased with the progress of integration in the wealth management division, a joint venture with Citigroup in its spun-off Smith Barney division, as well as its performance. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 21, 2011
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Plans More Cost-cutting in Retail Brokerage; Integration on Target, Net Asset Flows Up Morgan Stanley financial advisors should expect more cost-cutting in the global wealth management division in coming quarters. 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
Registered Rep.
April 21, 2011
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Assets Up, Headcount and Margins Down Morgan's other two divisions -- institutional securities and asset management -- recorded declines in income and revenues. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
September 1, 2011
Lorie Konish
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's $1 Trillion Target Morgan Stanley Smith Barney focuses on growing its Consulting Group division, where it aims to double the assets in the managed account group to more than $1 trillion within the next five years. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 20, 2011
Diana Britton
Raymond James Posts Flat Earnings, Record Advisor Productivity in Fiscal Q4 CEO Paul Reilly said the private client group had strong performance driven by record advisor productivity. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
Comings & Goings Sam Vetas, one of Morgan Stanley's top producers has moved... Joe Biondo Sr. recently went independent from Smith Barney... Former Registered Rep. columnist Harry Pappas has switched firms... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 28, 2012
Charles Paikert
Branch Managers Are Key For Aggregator Growth There is growing demand for their talents in one corner of the wealth management universe: newly formed aggregators who are busy buying up firms and opening offices across the country. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
September 20, 2011
Jerry Gleeson
Big-Time Rollups Continue; Focus Financial to Acquire Colony Group This is Focus' fourth deal so far this year, and will make Focus a $45 billion player. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 19, 2011
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Reels In $15.5B in Assets, 300 FAs Exit, Margins up to 11% Morgan Stanley's global wealth management group finally raised its pre-tax profit margins in the third quarter, which climbed to 11 percent from 9 percent. 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.
January 28, 2011
Diana Britton
Fidelity: As Dust Settles, Larger Teams Breaking Away While the number of advisors shifting to independent business models slowed somewhat last year from 2009, the size of those breakaways making the move is growing. 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.
May 31, 2013
Megan Leonhardt
Sizing Up the Street In the latest earnings cycle, here's how the wirehouses stacked up. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 17, 2009
Halah Touryalai
Smith Barney Losing Advisors, Client Assets But while Smith Barney is losing reps, it also appears to be recruiting heavily. mark for My Articles similar articles
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... mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
June 1, 2012
Who's News Morgan Stanley hired three new advisor teams... RBC Wealth Management has hired three wirehouse advisors in Illinois... Edward Jones has hired Emmy-award winning reporter/anchor Marc Cox... mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 26, 2010
Charles Paikert
RIA M&A Deals On Track To Top 2009 Total The number of mergers and acquisitions completed in the registered investment advisor business through the third quarter of this year is near full-year totals for 2009, according to data from Schwab Advisor Services. 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
On Wall Street
September 1, 2010
Who's News Stephen Lawrence joined Wells Fargo Advisors... Morgan Stanley Smith Barney recruited Laurence Braunstein... Paul Gilman and Marshall Hagen joined UBS... RBC wealth has recruited Jason Braunstein... more... mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
July 1, 2009
Frances A. McMorris
The Lure of Independence After 14 years as a Merrill Lynch financial advisor, Jason DiLauro set himself up as an independent through Raymond James Financial Services four miles from his previous office. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 30, 2012
Diana Britton
Withering Wirehouses? Not Quite. Many industry propellerheads have forecasted an exodus of wirehouse advisors to the independent channel as retention bonuses unwind this year. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
January 2010
James J. Green
Numerology: Bright Future for Advisor M&A Activity M&A activity among RIA firms is poised for resurgence, as a new market environment emerges and the pool of potential buyers undergoes dramatic change. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
January 1, 2011
Lorie Konish
Time To Move Past Dark Days After a year filled with slow overall growth and shifting hierarchy with the integration of big names like Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, the industry should be ready with more efficient business models and potentially higher profits in the coming year. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 22, 2013
Mindy Diamond
The Long Road Home Wirehouse firms are recruiting more independent advisors to their ranks than ever before. 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