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Wall Street & Technology March 26, 2004 Kerry Massaro	Integration Is Key Integration was raised again and again as one of the largest obstacles to creating the perfect broker-workstation environment.
Wall Street & Technology June 4, 2004 Jessica Pallay	Growing Through a Major Merger Wachovia CIO Martyn Greene faces integration challenges with the firm's Prudential merger.
Wall Street & Technology April 27, 2004 Jessica Pallay	An Interview with Merrill Lynch's John Killeen John Killeen has been under close scrutiny in the wealth-management industry ever since the sudden exit of his predecessor, Byron Vielehr.
CRM May 1, 2003 Ron Miller	Big Deal Merrill Lynch signs a five-Year CRM contract.
Wall Street & Technology October 26, 2005 Anthony Guerra	A Slice of the Boomer Pie Financial firms are upping wealth management spending and examining enterprisewide solutions in hopes of luring mass-affluent clients.
Wall Street & Technology August 27, 2004 Fran Denmark	United, We Stand A consolidated view of clients' holdings may be the Holy Grail of investment management, but is Wall Street ready?
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	Bringing Risk Into the Mix Legg Mason is among a handful of firms revamping their wealth-management platforms to include risk management.
Wall Street & Technology September 21, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	IT Architecture Financial industry consolidation, new computing standards and a move to horizontal business structures have IT architects' plates full.
Wall Street & Technology April 27, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	More than Managing Names and Numbers Successful CRM requires more than information. It requires tools to use that information effectively and add value to the customer relationship. Here is a look at what some financial services firms are doing.
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.
CRM July 2003 Martin Schneider	Getting IT Together Integration is a four-letter word in the world of CRM, but it doesn't have to be. What follows are the real issues behind integrating CRM solutions with an enterprise's existing systems, and how to simplify what could otherwise grind CRM initiatives to a halt.
U.S. Banker March 2002 John Hackett	Wealth Management Leaders With profit-generating assets shrinking because of the decline in stock prices, some of the biggest players in the wealth management field are hurting. But all assert the future is rosy, at least for them. Many have doubts, however, about the outlook for other players...
Wall Street & Technology October 27, 2003 Ivy Schmerken	Tear Down This Wall! Economic pressures have challenged sell-side firms to break down the information silos that exist across equities and fixed income. But silo busting may not work without dramatic organizational change.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Wach-Pru: Rock Steady, or Not Ready? Wachovia's courtship of Prudential Securities, for months one of the worst kept secrets on the Street, has come to fruition. Is the new organization capable of competing in the elite league it has entered?
Registered Rep. January 24, 2007 John Churchill	Another Good Year for the Brokerage Industry Fourth-quarter earnings reports are just now rolling in, and they're even better than expected. And it's not just Wall Street's investment-banking divisions that are reeling it in.
Bank Systems & Technology February 11, 2004 Ivan Schneider	Rock-a-bye-Baby Boom You don't have to be young to seek sound advice, especially in financial planning. The great demographic surge is almost upon us. And members of the baby-boom generation, from the wealthy to the fabulously wealthy to the merely well-off, all need good financial advice.
Wall Street & Technology June 17, 2009 Ivy Schmerken	RBC Capital Markets Taps Open Source Platform for Fixed Income Applications Investment bank RBC Capital Markets leverages open source development platform Eclipse to integrate multiple fixed income applications through a single user interface.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Allen Plummer	The Tech Decision Matrix Independent contractors or registered investment advisor reps have tough decisions in choosing their back-office and tech solutions. Here's what they need to consider.
On Wall Street December 1, 2008	Who's News Staffing announcements from wirehouses and regionals from the December 2008 issue.
Wall Street & Technology April 27, 2009 Penny Crosman	Extreme Makeover: Broker Workstation Edition A quest for increased adviser productivity and a forthcoming cost-basis reporting law are driving wealth management technology integrations and upgrades at Canada's largest brokerage, RBC Dominion Securities, and U.S. advisory firm Silver Bridge as well as others.
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.
Bank Technology News December 2004 Jeremy Quittner	A Reversal of Fortune? What may look like a reversal of fortune for providers of outsourcing services in financial services, appears to be something of an anomaly.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Mother Merrill's Extreme Makeover A 12-year veteran of Merrill Lynch has noticed a pronounced improvement over the years in the way clients perceive him and his colleagues.
InternetNews April 13, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Thomson To Buy Financial Data Platform The data services giant makes its third technology acquisition this year to improve its financial unit. The key asset is CGI's Starquote service. Delivered through stock traders' desktops, the offerings provide an overview of financial markets, news, information and real-time quotes on a single screen.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002	Warm Bodies Brokerages ranked by number of reps.
Information Today November 25, 2002 Barbara Quint	Tierney Resignation Sparks Management Shift at Thomson With Patrick Tierney's announced departure, Richard Harrington, Thomson's president and CEO, took the opportunity to shift the top executives in three of the four major groups that compose the giant corporation.
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.
U.S. Banker April 2003 Glen Fest	Going with the Flow Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson's deal with Prudential has tongues wagging and rivals paying close attention. The newly combined brokerage, nets the bank greater access to trillions of dollars that will pass from one generation to another over the next 10 years. Move over Merrill?
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006	Merrill Eyeing Banking for Small Business Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O'Neal says the firm could purchase a consumer bank as part of a strategy to make his firm's retail brokerage operation more attractive to small business clients.
InternetNews January 3, 2006 Clint Boulton	Thomson to Buy Financial Integration Firm The Thomson Corp. has agreed to acquire Quantitative Analytics, a maker of database integration and analysis software for financial services firms.
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Stanley Reed	The Master Of Zurich How Peter Wuffli turned around UBS- and brought the glory days back to Swiss banking.
Bank Technology News November 2003 Jeremy Quittner	Finding Equals in a Merger Jean Davis's responsibility is to integrate all of Wachovia's systems, technologies and operations since its 2001 merger with First Union. It wasn't a cake walk, but the new entity is beginning to hum.
Registered Rep. June 21, 2006 Kevin Burke	Merrill Eyeing Overseas Wealthy, Banking for Small Business Merrill Lynch, on the prowl for strategic acquisitions, may look overseas for its next purchase in an effort to bolster its wealth-management business.
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Kathy Gevlin	Adviser Pulse Although the market is driving the investment industry toward a more holistic wealth-management approach, the transition itself needs to be carefully managed.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	Reshuffling the Decks There is an unusual amount of reorganization afoot, with Merrill, Wachovia, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney all shaking up their retail brokerage operations. Some of the moves have direct implications for retail advisors.
Registered Rep. April 15, 2009 Kristen French	Bank of America Launches Client Referral Program It's one of several referral programs the bank is putting together as part of its integration with Merrill Lynch, including one that would offer leads from the commercial banking division to certain Merrill Lynch advisors.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Meet the New Boss, Different From the Old Boss November's news that Bob Mulholland was leaving Merrill Lynch wasn't entirely a surprise. He had been co-head of the 14,000-strong retail brokerage unit, but Merrill insiders figured all along that only one boss would prevail.
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. 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.
Wall Street & Technology February 12, 2004 Ivy Schmerken	There's No Place Like Home Investors want to participate in decision making with their financial advisers. Collaborative tools could be the next hot trend.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Is Wall Street Abandoning Main Street? Are the major brokerage firms losing interest in the everyday investor who has been the very foundation of many of its successes?
Bank Systems & Technology August 19, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Martin Davis Unites the Wells Fargo and Wachovia IT Shops Merging two customer-centric banks presents challenges and opportunities for Davis as he oversees the technology integration.
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. September 27, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Wachovia Securities in Technological Purgatory The Prudential/Wachovia Securities systems integration continues to frustrate the firms' advisors, although the most serious problems have been cleared up.
Information Today June 12, 2000 Paula J. Hane	Thomson Corp. to Acquire Primark Just a few months after purchasing Dialog Information Services, Thomson Corp. has shown that it's still determined to add to its electronic information resources via acquisition. The company has announced a merger agreement under which Thomson will acquire Primark Corp.
On Wall Street January 1, 2009	Who's News Staffing announcements from wirehouses, regionals and private banks from the January 2009 issue.
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.
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 Lee Conrad	Betting on McCann Can Bob McCann and his renewal team restore UBS Wealth Management Americas?
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