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Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction A recent survey suggests investors have higher rates of satisfaction with regional and independent broker/dealers than with wirehouse firms.   |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005 |
By the Numbers Top 10 Broker/Dealers, by Advisor Headcount: Merrill Lynch... Wachovia... Smith Barney... Morgan Stanley... etc. |
Registered Rep.
July 22, 2009 |
Edward Jones, LPL, Schwab: Keeping Clients Happy FAs, you better be at the top of your game. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Find the Right Broker When it comes to handling your investments, one size doesn't fit all. Shop around. |
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. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2008
Donna Mitchell |
Which Firms Leave Clients Most Satisfied? It's easy to call clients in good markets, but more important to call them when times are bad. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
John Churchill |
Fighting for Dollars The retail brokerage model in the U.S. is flawed. Why? Because advisors get too much of the revenue pie. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002 |
Warm Bodies Brokerages ranked by number of reps. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005 |
Registered Rep.'s Broker Report Cards How seven of the nation's largest brokerage firms stack up against each other. |
Registered Rep.
January 21, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
Fidelity Cedes Top "Distributor" Spot to Schwab In Client Survey Affluent investors rated Charles Schwab the number one "distributor" or brokerage firm, bumping Fidelity into second place, according to Cogent Research's recently released 2010 Investor Brandscape report. |
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. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2011
Conrad & Konish |
Compensation 2011 While recruiting packages generate a lot of interest, the actual pay that advisors receive from their firms doesn't get as much attention. So once again, On Wall Street has sifted through the payout grids in our industry for a unique comparison of their pay packages. |
Registered Rep.
December 2, 2014
Megan Leonhardt |
Drivers of Advisor Satisfaction: Technology And Efficiency Financial advisors are known to harbor a strong streak of independence and autonomy, and aren't shy when it comes to letting their opinions be known, both good and bad. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2006
Mindy Diamond |
Culture Shock Two questions that should be on the mind of regional brokers are: "Would I want to work in a wirehouse, and will it serve my clients' needs?" |
Registered Rep.
July 19, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
Edward Jones, RBC top J.D. Power investor survey Overall investor satisfaction with the dozen companies in the study was markedly higher this year, although the survey also showed that investors increasingly believe that investment firms are more focused on profits than on customer satisfaction. |
Registered Rep.
May 2, 2007
Kevin Burke |
It's Not About the Money The firms that have the highest number of satisfied financial advisors aren't necessarily the ones with the highest-paid financial advisors. Industry experts say that what really drives advisors to jump is friction with a supervisor. |
Registered Rep.
May 13, 2003
Will Leitch |
A.G. Edwards Ready For Its Close-Up After years of subsisting as a well regarded, lightly publicized regional firm (albeit the largest one), A.G. Edwards is stepping it up a notch. The firm wants to raise its nationwide profile, which is vastly smaller than that of the larger wirehouses. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Hired and Fired Up The biggest brokerage businesses are showing that even in a modest market upswing they now have in place a strategy for delivering stronger and steadier sales and earnings growth. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005
Chelsea Hardaway |
A Random Walk Down Brand Street The corporate way of communicating has been so bad for so long, many of us have stopped caring altogether. A.G. Edwards: Finally, a brokerage firm that gets it. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Iffy Advice Even when you feel you need advice, full-service brokerages don't always serve you well, due to various conflicts of interest that may exist. |
Registered Rep.
May 31, 2007
Kevin Burke |
Wachovia Buys A.G. Edwards for $6.8 Billion, Creating New Rival to Merrill, Smith Barney The deal puts Wachovia among the top three competitors in retail brokerage -- in terms of both assets and advisors -- and retail banking. |
Registered Rep.
January 9, 2006
Kristen French |
Ed Jones, AG Edwards, Baird: Great to Work For The three regional brokerage firms made Fortune magazine's top 100 companies to work for this year. Brokers at AG Edwards and Edward Jones gave their firms the highest marks for everything from sales support to management to ethics. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Carol Cropper |
Choosing An Online Broker The majority of the most popular places to trade via the Internet have instituted a multitude of service levels and fees. The amount you pay to play often depends on which level you qualify for. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
May 2012 |
Satisfaction A job satisfaction study by J.D. Power found that financial advisors' happiness with their work is most dependent on their firm's performance. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2011 |
Recruiting's Next Big Challenge A conversation with industry headhunters about the job market for financial advisors. |
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... |
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... |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Big Brokerages Can Still Be Trouble Though times have changed, some things remain the same. |
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
January 1, 2009 |
Who's News Staffing announcements from wirehouses, regionals and private banks from the January 2009 issue. |
The Motley Fool
November 21, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Online Investors and Brokerages The results are in for the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Online Investor Satisfaction Study. Read on to see which brokerages got top marks for customer satisfaction. |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
How Steep Are Some Brokerage Fees? Investors, make sure you do your homework before you choose a broker. |
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.
March 12, 2004
John Churchill |
Huge Growth in Fee-Based Brokerage Fee-based brokerage showed faster growth than any other segment of managed accounts over the last four years, according to a new report from Cerulli Associates. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Should Brokers Get Overtime Pay? Commissions. That's an important word to consider when you think about how your broker may be serving you. For most investors, a solid online brokerage with low fees and a broad range of services is all one needs. |
Registered Rep.
February 20, 2004 |
Extinct?: February's Cover Story Conferences were held to instruct reps in working as portfolio managers, and, in general, the improved technology made managing portfolios---and thus serving clients---a lot easier. |
Registered Rep.
January 13, 2003
Gaffen & Geracioti |
Wachovia-Prudential: For Real This Time? Can you say Pru-chovia? Prudential Securities and Wachovia Securities are very close to an agreement to join forces, one that was scuttled earlier in the year, reportedly due to differences in who would control the unit. |
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. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2009
Frances A. McMorris |
The 10th Annual Recruiters Roundtable Packages get lowered. Brokers get hired. Markets have tanked. Retention offers are shrinking. And yet, according to the experts in our 10th Annual Recruiters Roundtable, there are still opportunities in the retail brokerage arena, if you know where to look. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2008 |
Who's News Staffing announcements from wirehouses and regionals from the December 2008 issue. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2007
Kathy Gevlin |
Advisor Pulse The happiest financial advisors really do put their clients first, asserts the first study of advisor satisfaction. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2006 |
Questions to Ask Your Broker Here is some good advice regarding questions you might want to ask your broker before handing over your hard-earned cash. Make sure you get the right answers before you start investing. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2008 |
Who's News Staffing announcements from wirehouses, regionals and private banks. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Legg Mason Falls Short The money manager Legg Mason posts strong earnings, but it misses high expectations. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
June 5, 2012
Diana Britton |
A Regional Resurgence After years of being considered acquisition targets, regional broker/dealers may be making a comeback. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2010 |
The Hire Powers Speak Out Headhunters open up about hiring, entrepreneurial mindsets, and wirehouse business models. |
