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Wall Street & Technology June 22, 2004 Jessica Pallay	Separate but Equal? The market is demanding separately managed accounts, but can the technological challenges be overcome?
Wall Street & Technology February 27, 2005 Ivy Schmerken	Custom-Built With demand for personalized advice growing, financial-services firms are overhauling their technology to mass-produce separately managed accounts (SMAs) with a high degree of customization.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Randy Bullard	The Next New Thing First there were Separately Managed Accounts, now Unified Managed Accounts. Could the next step be Household Managed Accounts?
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.
Registered Rep. May 30, 2003 David A. Gaffen	The New Smith Barney CEO Sallie Krawcheck was recruited to restore the credibility of Smith Barney and lead the business through its toughest slump in a generation. Krawcheck wants Smith Barney advisors to more than double their average annual production to $1 million.
Wall Street & Technology October 25, 2004 Maria Santos	Generation OPM As investors push for more efficient management of their wealth across portfolios, overlay management is gaining ground as the next frontier for separately managed accounts.
Registered Rep. December 23, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Smith Barney's Unified Managed Accounts Raises $500 million Though still in its infancy, Smith Barney's unified managed account has gathered more than $500 million in assets in just two-and-a-half months. The UMA has been heralded as the next stage in the managed account arms race.
Wall Street & Technology October 17, 2007 Penny Crosman	Schwab, Investment Managers Prepare for Retirement Boom Some of the 78 million baby boomers are about to retire -- how will financial advisers cope with the deluge?
Registered Rep. October 24, 2005 Halah Touryalai	UMAs: The Next Big Thing The unified managed account appears to have all the ingredients needed for delivering a fully diversified, customized portfolio for the tax-sensitive retail investor -- albeit at a princely price to the client.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Allen Plummer	Taming the SMA Hydra Just about any advisor offering managed accounts can testify to the complexity of the related administration and reporting. Fortunately, advisors are awakening to a remedy for these administrative challenges: overlay portfolio management (OPM).
Wall Street & Technology January 18, 2008 Cory Levine	Data Consolidation Can Help Financial Advisers Gain Client Trust With wealthy individuals employing the services of multiple financial advisers, becoming the most trusted adviser now requires a comprehensive picture of the client.
Wall Street & Technology October 26, 2005 Paul Allen	SMAs Still Lack Automation As the popularity of separately managed accounts grows, so do the processing and operational headaches for money managers.
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?
U.S. Banker January 2010 Steve Garmhausen	Going Wild for Overlay Banks are winning over affluent clients with a wealth management approach that can maximize long-term profits while minimizing tax bills.
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Joel P. Bruckenstein	The Software You Need Now Trends sweeping the financial planning industry are driving new technology solutions in the year ahead. NaviPlan... Financial Profiles... Morningstar... Engagement Systems... BridgePortfolio...
BusinessWeek March 3, 2011 Christopher Condon	The Rise of the Registered Investment Adviser Providing mainly fee-based guidance, they now help manage $1.7 trillion in assets
Wall Street & Technology February 4, 2005 Maria Santos	Alternative Investment Tools As hedge funds gain wider acceptance in the wealth-management space, investment advisers struggle to determine how they fit into their clients' portfolios.
Bank Technology News February 2002 Karen Epper Hoffman	Planning for New Opportunities With a healthy boost from software and online delivery, financial planning services quickly may become the most hotly contested battleground for banks, brokerages and other companies to vie for consumers...
Registered Rep. April 29, 2004 David Gaffen	Smith Barney Stays the Course Contrary to other large wirehouse brokerages, Smith Barney does not plan on aggressively expanding its sales force at this time.
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.
BusinessWeek September 11, 2006 Lauren Young	Taking Stock Of Your Adviser Many investors don't know how to evaluate the person in charge of their portfolios. These seven questions should help.
Registered Rep. July 19, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Several Large Producers Leave Smith Barney Smith Barney has been hit with a few high-profile defections in the last month or so, as several large producers have taken their lucrative businesses to other firms.
Financial Planning October 1, 2005 David Twibell	Background Check With interest in alternative investments on the rise, many advisers are looking for new ways to evaluate which, if any, make sense for their clients.
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Len Reinhart	The Bigger Picture Will overlay management become the new business model for separately managed accounts?
Registered Rep. March 8, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Morgan Stanley Advisors Paid to Put Clients in New Amex Credit Card Morgan Stanley Smith Barney financial advisors and client service associates will get a "small" amount of compensation for the administrative process of handling card sign up.
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Moore & Mildenberg	In the Battle of the Big Brokers, Merrill Is Winning Merrill Lynch earns higher profits with fewer advisers, thanks to a smooth integration with Bank of America and more cross-selling.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Grove & Prince	The Affluent Are Searching for Relief in Alternatives The rich shouldn't care if it's a bull or bear market. That's because the rich have so many investment options -- they can go completely short, or pick a cocktail of alternative investments, that, theoretically, could hedge away risk. Surveys show the affluent are doing exactly that.
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.
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 O'Toole & Steiny	The Perfect Process A disciplined approach to managing client assets is at the heart of financial planning. How does yours stack up?
Bank Systems & Technology May 6, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Wealth Management Affluent investors typically overlook banks as a source for personal financial advice.
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 Michael B. Horwitz	Head Games It shouldn't take a psychologist to decipher the underlying feelings in an individual's presenting problem. However, the helper (a.k.a. competent financial adviser) needs to be reasonably sensitive to identify and relate to the concerns and fears that clients express just below the surface.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2002 Ross Tucker	Happy Holidays! You're Fired. The ax will fall at year's end for some 700 of 13,500 Morgan Stanley brokers. Some branches will be closed entirely.
CFO March 15, 2006 Chuck Jaffe	The Best Advice Choosing a financial adviser may be the biggest investment decision you make.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007 John Churchill	Sallie's Back At first glance, this second coming of Sallie Krawcheck probably looks like a cakewalk compared to her first adventure in 2002. But, make no mistake: Smith Barney is not the awesome brokerage it appears to be on paper.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Expand the Sales Force? Not Smith Barney The firm does not plan on aggressively expanding its sales force at this time, but rather intends to maintain its staffing level --- currently about 12,500 financial advisors.
On Wall Street January 1, 2011	Michael McGrath In 2009, I became head of Alternative Investments for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Its joint venture with Smith Barney that same year gave me the opportunity to expand my horizons.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Sallie Krawcheck Has Left the Building In a move that presages future Citigroup plans, Smith Barney CEO Sallie Krawcheck and Citigroup's CFO Todd Thomson have switched offices.
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.
Financial Planning November 1, 2005 John Bowen	Small Steps, Big Results Financial advisers don't have to make sweeping changes in their businesses to alleviate some of their most pressing concerns, like: finding new wealthy clients... fighting for clients... growing assets... etc.
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.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2008 John L. McKeel	Wealth Management Learn strategies for advising high net worth investors.
Registered Rep. August 12, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Building a Better Separate-Account Mousetrap Separately managed accounts can be confusing, but the paperwork and operations behind them need not be -- or at least that's the thrust of a new effort by Smith Barney Consulting Group.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 Christina Mucciolo	Citi Reorganizes For Smith Barney Citigroup announces plans to reorganize its private bank and Global Wealth Management division into four separate units according to client wealth.
Registered Rep. May 7, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Smith Barney Closes a Few Offices, Prepares to Consolidate Others The firm prepares to consolidate as part of a larger cost-cutting program in the works at parent Citigroup.
Registered Rep. March 3, 2008 Christina Mucciolo	Krawcheck Says Advisors Not Forced Into Wealth Silos: UPDATE Citigroup's reorganization of its private bank and Global Wealth Management division, announced Tuesday, will absolutely not force advisors into silos based on client wealth.
Registered Rep. April 21, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Separately Managed Accounts in Beantown According to data from Tiburon, 61 percent of fee-only advisors (RIAs) use no-load mutual funds as the chief component of their investment strategy.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2002 David A. Gaffen	Light A Candle, or Curse the Darkness For brokers and financial advisors, 2002 may be remembered as the year in which those who knew they had the right stuff redoubled their efforts to elevate their skills and become the kind of advisors who could survive the bear market and build a 21st century practice.
Registered Rep. February 3, 2012 Kristen French	Fight for Facebook Shares May Be Messy How the timing of the Facebook IPO matches with the completed integration of the Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney platforms, will play a big role in determining how shares are divvied up.