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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 18, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Chuck Prince: Smith Barney Goin' Nowhere Citigroup's CEO has been at the center of company news recently with his plans to cut costs including last week's announcement of about 17,000 job cuts. That cut may affect over 100 Smith Barney employees and about 30 advisors.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005	Errata and Clarification Due to an editing error, a "Where Are They Now?" brief in the Ten To Watch feature package (August 2005) was incorrect... Due to an error by a Smith Barney spokesperson, September's Top 50 Advisors table erroneously listed Ed McNamee...
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. December 1, 2005 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney: New Focus On the Horizon While most Smith Barney advisor respondents were generally unimpressed by the acquisition of Legg advisors, it'll be interesting to see if Smith Barney's jettisoning of its asset management group -- and resulting new focus on retail distribution -- will rejuvenate the firm.
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.
Registered Rep. February 23, 2007 Kevin Burke	Disgruntled Smith Barney Brokers Are Voting with Their Feet Sixty-nine brokers left Smith Barney, just ahead of a three-day weekend. Fridays before a long weekend are historically prime times for unhappy brokers to make a clean break, but the large number of brokers taking off on a single day is alarming.
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.
Registered Rep. December 16, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Smith Barney's Matthews Retires; Johnston Steps In Tom Matthews, president of Smith Barney's global private client group, is retiring and Charles Johnston, currently director of the retail branch system at the firm, will replace him.
Registered Rep. October 18, 2007 Halah Touryalai	At Citi, Profits Are Down; Smith Barney Wins Five Morgan FAs With Nearly $600m AUM; ML Loses Two Citigroups' third-quarter profits are down 57%... over at its Smith Barney unit, Charlie Johnston's team had a pretty good recruiting week... etc.
Registered Rep. April 29, 2008	Citi Hedge Fund Blow Up Hurts Clients--And Sends Advisors Packing While Smith Barney tries its darnedest to hold on to the money of its wealthy clients, it's also having a hard time keeping some of its best brokers.
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.
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.
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. November 1, 2006 Angela Covo	Skirts Vs. Smith Barney Less than 10 years after they settled the infamous "boom-boom room" case, Smith Barney is being sued for gender discrimination again.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006	Comings & Goings Howard Schnoll and Richard Schilffarth joined RBC Dain Rauscher's Milwaukee office... Ryan Beck has snagged three Smith Barney advisors for its recently opened York, Pa., office... etc.
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 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.
Registered Rep. September 13, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Overtime Finally Pays Off Smith Barney brokers may be the first to cash in on overtime lawsuits that have been all the rage over the last two years.
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.
Registered Rep. September 10, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Existing Clients Want More Advice The good news for reps is that the world doesn't hate you. The bad news is that acquiring clients -- particularly affluent ones -- is getting a lot more tough.
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?
Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 David Geracioti	Sallie Krawcheck A conversation with Sally Krawcheck, CEO of Citigroup's Smith Barney unit, about the company's recent reorganization.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004	Comings & Goings Smith Barney has promoted Bob Matthews to director of wealth management ... Independent Dallas-based True North Advisors has added Brett Anderson to its team... etc.
Registered Rep. December 12, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney Pay Package: Perks Balance Cuts? This week, Smith Barney will become the first firm to make a change to its payout grid as a result of the securities industry's recent battle over broker overtime pay and so-called chargebacks.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 John Churchill	Shaky Third Quarter Gives Advisors Pause The last quarter hasn't been great for retail brokerages. Low trading activity and geopolitical uncertainty kept investors on the sidelines, and advisors are feeling the pinch.
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.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill	Crackberry Addicts Fight Back Run afoul of the law while tapping or yapping into your Blackberry and you may have a case-against your employer.
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. 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.
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.
Registered Rep. September 27, 2006 Angela Covo	Women on Wall Street Still Fighting Discrimination Less than 10 years after they settled the infamous "boom-boom room" case, Smith Barney is being sued for discrimination again. The new lawsuit doesn't include sexual-harassment charges, but does address the economics of gender discrimination.
Registered Rep. November 18, 2005 Kristen French	Smith Barney Cuts Pay for Smaller Brokers The new pay scale was announced to brokers internally in October and will take effect in January.
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.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 John Churchill	Class-Action Threat Smith Barney is facing a new round of sex-discrimination suits.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Weill Postpones Elimination of Salomon Name Sandy Weill, the chairman of Salomon Smith Barney's parent Citigroup, has informed brokers and other employees that plans to eliminate the Salomon name, a Wall Street hallmark for nearly a century, have been postponed, according to sources.
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.
Registered Rep. January 9, 2008 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney Snags Three Advisors From Rivals Smith Barney has started off the new year right with a recruiting victory. The firm recently hired three Merrill Lynch reps and one UBS advisor.
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. October 9, 2008	Smith Barney Closing Branches, Letting Managers Go As part of a larger cost-cutting effort, Smith Barney is consolidating some of its branch offices and laying off a number of its branch managers.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Kristen French	More or Less? Smith Barney overhauled its pay package -- just in time for the new year. Some of the changes it made were pretty radical -- especially for an industry in which any pay change, no matter how minor, is often a source of uproar.
Registered Rep. July 25, 2007 Kevin Burke	Smith Barney Fined $50 Million for Market Timing; More Firms, Reps To Be Fined So you thought the market timing scandal was over? Think again.
Registered Rep. January 12, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Citi Grabs a Lifeline, Morgan Stages a Coup Despite a $45 billion capital injection from the government in 2008, Citi is in dire enough need of capital that it is planning to spin off its retail brokerage operation, Smith Barney, according to reports, in a joint venture with cross-town rival Morgan Stanley
Registered Rep. May 29, 2007 Kevin Burke	Smith Barney's Krawcheck to Smooth Out Comp. Plan The brokerage giant's top executive is set to tweak the firm's compensation plan in an attempt to address financial advisors' repeated complaints over pay complexities and claims of unfairness.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. February 21, 2007 John Churchill	Smith Barney Comp Pleasant Surprise Judging from initial reports from reps, the written version of the new plan is an improvement from the prior version -- a plan many reps equated to a pay cut despite the firm's insistence that it was "revenue neutral."
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.
The Motley Fool September 18, 2009 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Hates Its Profitable Assets With Smith Barney divested, shareholders may wonder where profits will come from.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill	TD Ameritrade Wins Luxury Brand Ranking Every brokerage firm is courting wealthy clients, and many of them say that serving the wealthy is what they do best. So just how are these firms doing?