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Registered Rep.
June 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Shaking the Tree It's no secret that most firms are frequently looking for well-established producers, financial advisors who have been making big bucks for a decade or more. Top brass always relishes bagging an elephant from another firm.   |
Registered Rep.
February 6, 2003
Ross Tucker |
UBS Continues to Attract Talent UBS PaineWebber recently lured six more high-producing reps into its fold, offering further evidence that the firm is engaged in one of the Street's most vigorous recruiting campaigns. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
Rick Weinberg |
UBS PaineWebber Cuts Bonuses, Expense Accounts Brokers at UBS Securities received a double hit of bad news in early December. Not only were they informed that the bonuses they receive for assets under management were being cut, but expense accounts are being trimmed as well. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Morgan Ups Offer to Prospective Candidates Industry recruiters say the firm has in recent weeks increased the upfront cash offered to top producers, while adding larger bonuses based on the first two years of production. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2005
John Churchill |
Money for Maturity A shaky market environment in 2004 didn't stop the largest brokerage firms from fighting tooth-and-nail for the best reps, and, heading into 2005, similar rules apply. |
Registered Rep.
June 26, 2008
John Churchill |
Tough Morning For Brokerage Sector Stomachs are surely turning at the wirehouse brokerage firms this morning. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2004 |
Comings & Goings David Harris moved to UBS Securities from Smith Barney... UBS Securities lost a broker to upstart wealth manager Mercury Wealth Management... Carol Rogers recently moved to Linsco/Private Ledger from Wachovia Securities' FINet system... etc. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
An Employer's Market It's a hirer's market out there, but brokerage firms have not stopped recruiting. In fact, although it is quieter than usual, many firms are still willing to pony up big bucks in hopes of attracting top-shelf talent. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2010 |
Goldman Sachs Plans Tighter Bonus Rules The plan applies to unspecified "key employees" starting this year. It gives Goldman the ability to take back bonuses from employees who violate company rules. |
Registered Rep.
December 11, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
PaineWebber Cuts Bonuses, Expense Accounts Brokers at UBS PaineWebber received a double hit of bad news this week in this tough time for brokerages. Not only were they informed that the bonuses they receive for bringing in new assets were being cut, but expense accounts are being trimmed as well. |
AFP eWire
December 3, 2007 |
New Bank Philanthropy Fund Has Billion-Dollar Goal A new donor-advised fund started by global investment bank Goldman Sachs has a goal of raising $1 billion over the next several years. |
Registered Rep.
May 5, 2009
John Churchill |
UBS Posts Loss But Gains Retail Client Assets UBS posts its first-quarter earnings and blames bad loans on its books for the poor result. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007 |
Comings & Goings Goldman Sachs Asset Management hired David Holdreith as vice president and portfolio manager... Evergreen Investments has named Bill Taylor as president of managed assets... etc. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
A Great New Model for Investment Banks UBS is charging ahead with a leadership position in helping the world understand what investment banks are really all about. |
Registered Rep.
March 18, 2005
Will Leitch |
Wachovia: On the Recruiting Warpath Wachovia Securities, the third-largest brokerage in the country, has announced an "aggressive" new strategy: the creation of the Individual Investor Group, entirely devoted to the recruitment and retention of individual brokers. |
Registered Rep.
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. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Score One for Diversity UBS has hired a prominent black Smith Barney broker. |
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.
September 1, 2004
Andre Cappon |
Recruit or Reboot? In terms of retail securities firms and life insurance companies here is a list of some of the pros and cons of training new producers or recruiting experienced producers from competitors. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2010 |
Who's News Hiring news from the financial world |
Registered Rep.
February 3, 2009
John Churchill |
Wachovia-UBS Hookup Rumored but Unlikely Here's a possible new twist in the changing financial services landscape: A report in the New York Post raises the possibility of a "joint venture" between the wealth management divisions of Wachovia Securities and UBS. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Goldman Sachs to Employees: Pretend This Hurts Here's your bonus! Now please, oh please, don't spend it. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Is All That Glitters Goldman? Goldman Sachs reported second-quarter earnings recently. In the end, this was not the "Goldman" quarter the market was looking for. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 18, 2010
Penny Crosman |
Dubno Restructures BofA's Global Markets Technology Group Dubno, a former Goldman Sachs CTO, has plucked three high-level technology executives from competitors JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and UBS, all former fellow Goldmanites, to join his new group at Bank of America. |
Registered Rep.
November 12, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
Wealth Management R Us! The Gnomes of Zurich to Drop Kick the PaineWebber Name The century-old PaineWebber name is going to be dropped from UBS AG's brokerage and investment-banking businesses in 2003, the company says. The new name is to be, UBS Wealth Management USA. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2004 |
Comings & Goings UBS hired away one of Merrill Lynch's largest producers in Arizona, Kenneth Fruehauf... Merrill Lynch has done some hiring of its own. Clark Durham... ING Financial Partners has notched Eric Rubin as its... etc. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Goaallllll! Two financial-services giants, Goldman Sachs and UBS, have put their analysts to work on the outcome of "the beautiful game's" most anticipated event, the World Cup. The results? Two wildly different predictions. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2004
John Churchill |
Exodus At UBS? This month, the contingent of PaineWebber brokers who remained at UBS following the 2000 merger will receive the final installment of their post-merger retention bonuses, perhaps triggering a mini-exodus of brokers come the first of the year. |
Registered Rep.
April 19, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
EXCLUSIVE: Is UBS Turning Around? Brokerage CEO Says Yes. UBS Wealth Management Americas, scrambling to stem the outflow of client assets, is seeing signs of hope. |
Registered Rep.
November 12, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
UBS PaineWebber to Hire 500 Brokers UBS PaineWebber Chairman Joseph Grano announced that the firm is going to hire up to 500 brokers during the next year. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Bank Execs Forgo Bonuses, but Does It Matter? Goldman Sachs announces that seven of its top executives, including CEO Lloyd Blankfein, will forgo bonuses this year. Expect others to follow. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2006 |
Comings & Goings Wachovia Securities promoted Mary Mack to president of its Investment Services Group... Securities America hired Gregg Johnson to head its recruiting efforts... etc. |
Registered Rep.
August 5, 2009
French & Churchill |
UBS Close to Deal With Bob McCann, Reorg Under Way The move comes as the bank works to contain damage to its reputation done by the tax evasion dispute with the U.S. government. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2004
Will Leitch |
The Death of the Peter Principle? Some experts speculate that the "producing branch manager" is a dying breed --- with more broker/dealers now hiring professional managers instead of promoting top producers. |
Registered Rep.
May 28, 2009
John Churchill |
Big Brands Fall Out of Favor With Wealthy A survey released yesterday of the nation's wealthiest individuals reveals that wealth management's biggest, most powerful brands -- including UBS, Wachovia, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs -- have lost a lot of credibility with their target audience. |
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 |
Wall Street & Technology
November 30, 2006
Cory Levine |
Saxo Tabs Straessle As New CIO Saxo Bank hired UBS veteran Tobias Straessle as its new CIO. |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
Jesse Westbrook & David Scheer |
How Big a Hit Will Goldman Take? Congress and the public expect the SEC to extract a big fine |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2011
Shubh Datta |
Another Investment Bank Chops and Changes UBS looks to shed its investment banking business. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
June 23, 2008 |
Even Goldman Goofs Sometimes Goldman Sachs would like you to know it is not immune to mistakes, after it reverses it's position on the U.S. financial and consumer sectors. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2012
Sean Williams |
2012 Preview: Goldman Sachs Here's what the new year has in store. |
Registered Rep.
March 26, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Trailing 12? Try Trailing Three. Recruiting Bonuses Cool Down. You know times are tough when recruiting deals are dropping across the board at major b/ds. |
Registered Rep.
April 26, 2011
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Wealth Management Unit Improves Performance UBS Wealth Management Americas, rising from the ashes of its well-publicized disasters, had something to crow about this latest quarter (Q1 2011) |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2012 |
Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas has hired four financial advisor teams... Ameriprise Financial has hired Charles Hart... Barclays has hired John Houlihan as a director and regional manager... |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Classy Goldman Shows How It's Done Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's largest investment bank, is the shining light in an ugly industry. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Insert Goldman Sachs Pun Here What's left to say about Goldman Sachs' standout 2007? Nothing, except that it will probably continue into 2008. |
Registered Rep.
April 17, 2003
Ross Tucker |
Goldman Acquiring Fee-Based Advisory Goldman Sachs announced plans to acquire The Ayco Company, one of the country's oldest fee-based advisory firms. The deal, which would add $6 billion to Goldman's $347 billion in assets under management, is notable for Goldman's interest in a business comprised of middle-rich clients. |
