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Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Andre Cappon	Okay, Team, Listen Up! Whether some reps like to acknowledge it, the branch office manager is vital to the success of a given branch.
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. November 1, 2006 John Churchill	A.G.E. to Catch a Rep Instead of buying brokers like its peers with offers of big upfront forgivable loans, A.G. Edwards is offering its own reps bonuses for successfully recruiting good reps.
Registered Rep. July 13, 2010 Susan Konig	BOMs Work More, Earn Less In the 1970s through the early 1990s, plenty of financial advisors hoped one day to become branch managers.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Matt Barthel	Reinventing the Branch Manager The do-it-all BOM -- the guy who would mentor a financial office's young bucks, auditing their tickets and their client interactions all while recruiting and tending his own book -- is becoming obsolete in today's compliance-happy environment.
Registered Rep. July 13, 2007 Susan Konig	Post Acquisition, A.G. Edwards BOMs Have Tough Job to Do With the Wachovia purchase of A.G. Edwards, it's not just A.G. Edwards reps (some of whom fear that the AGE corporate culture will change) who are worried. So are acquired firm's branch managers.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Sam Jaffe	Coaching in a Storm We spoke to dozens of the best branch office managers, from managers of tiny regional shops to lords of sprawling city offices. Their secret to success doesn't sound all that tough: work hard and pay attention to details.
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."
Registered Rep. July 24, 2006 John Churchill	Despite Increased Competition, Rep Comp Stays Strong The brokerage industry is an increasingly difficult job market to break into, and an even harder one to stay around in. But for those who succeed, it continues to provide a pretty nice living, according to the SIA's 2005 Production and Earnings Survey.
Registered Rep. April 11, 2011 Susan Konig	Can Producing While You Manage Make You Better at Both? Some producers are not a formidable producers until they become producing branch managers.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	A.G. Edwards: Quietly, the Leader of the Pack Building on its strong performance from a year ago, A.G. Edwards lit up the scoreboard this year. Advisors say the St. Louis-based firm has a high-quality work environment, commitment to clients and freedom from pushing certain products.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 John Churchill	Merrill Carrot to Advest Reps Merrill Lynch has proffered retention packages to newly acquired Advest Group's financial advisors, and according to industry observers, the packages are having their desired effect.
Registered Rep. January 10, 2011 Susan Konig	In Tough Year, Unearthing Opportunities For Branch Managers Shifts in the wealth management business could spell opportunity for those managers who are able to reinvent themselves.
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.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Erin Schulte	A Perilous Position? The duties of branch office managers (BOMs) have morphed from business strategist and rainmaker to compliance cop. The role, once considered a plum job and stepping stone up the corporate ladder, is increasingly being regarded as a risky, thankless task.
Registered Rep. January 31, 2006 John Churchill	A.G. Edwards Cutting Compensation As the brokerage industry moves upmarket and seeks better return on equity and profit margins, the pressure for reps (and their firms) to produce continues to increase.
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. December 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	Edward Jones: Whistle While You Work According to survey results, financial advisors working at this financial firm seem to be living a charmed life. Here's why.
Registered Rep. September 13, 2010 Susan Konig	Wirehouse Recruiting Stalls, Deals Keep Rising but Fewer Advisors Moving These days there are a lot more strings attached to recruiting packages and in the current market they're not great for brokers or firms.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 John Churchill	Wall Street's Big Curtain Call How baby boomer brokers move into retirement over the next 10 to 15 years will change the face of the industry in many ways.
Registered Rep. January 8, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Wells FA Team Bolts for Moneta, an RIA More proof of the breakaway broker phenomenon, albeit anecdotal? Moneta Group has hired two veterans legacy A.G. Edwards advisors, the company said today, amid a nascent national trend of advisors leaving wirehouses for smaller independents.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	Customize Your Career As a result of broker dissatisfaction with the status quo, the increasing clout of top producers (at some firms) and the need for firms to keep successful reps happy, we're beginning to see quite a bit more flexibility.
Registered Rep. December 13, 2010 Susan Konig	IBD and RIA Opportunities Arise For Branch Managers As the independent broker/dealer and RIA channels grow, they are creating a viable market for those displaced managers.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Tracey Longo	Independents Believe Bigger Is Better--And Cheaper Faced with higher costs, broker-dealers are targeting larger advisors.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006	Legends Historically, many reps aspired to management -- some to move up the ladder and climb into the executive suite. Here are four short profiles of some veteran professionals who have successfully helped their associates with their careers.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 John Churchill	Growth at a Price While nobody is accusing GunnAllen of running a crooked business, the firm's growth strategy has translated to a reputation for hiring a relatively high proportion of reps with heavily marked up U4s, including some who have received criminal complaints.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Susan Konig	Running With the Bulls In the brokerage industry, new reps usually need a little help in establishing a healthy practice. It turns out that few things give reps a better head start than a bull market. Still, even reps who start in bull markets face challenges.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 John Churchill	More, More, More Faced with growing competition from other advice providers and fewer inherent advantages in the way of products and platform capabilities, wirehouse brokers will feel pressure to do more fee-based business and to make wealthier clients a bigger part of their practice.
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.
Financial Advisor May 2009 David J. Drucker	Crisis Intervention Broker/Dealers unveil new programs to help advisors survive the recession.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 John Churchill	Keeping Up With the Joneses While Edward Jones will likely continue to lose larger producers until it finds another way for them and their wealthier clients, the business of the firm is really about serving the middle market.
Financial Advisor June 2009 Jeff Schlegel	Money In Motion The economic crisis has wreaked havoc on wirehouses, and more advisors are looking for new opportunities.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2007	All About the Benjamins Reps say the darndest things.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Mindy Diamond	Weighing a Merger's Implications When a securities firm is in the process of merging with another, the knee-jerk response of many reps is to scramble for the exit. Strangely enough, this hasty reaction often is a smart one.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Stay Wachovia's not the first firm to offer multiple affiliation options to its reps -- Raymond James has offered something similar for several years -- but it is the first wirehouse-type brokerage house to do so. Ultimately, the model could serve as a blueprint for the retail advisory business.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	Creating an Escape Plan Independence has long been a dream of many wirehouse reps. But for the great majority of wirehouse pros, it remains simply that. Going independent is a proposition fraught with peril and is not to be taken lightly.
Investment Advisor September 2006 Robert F. Keane	The Investment Center If keeping your representatives satisfied is the name of the game for broker/dealers, then it's no surprise that Ralph DeVito and The Investment Center are the winning team in Division II this year.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Your Book or Your Life! What would you do if you lost your book? Where would you turn for new customers? Where could you be hired? Those are questions that keep many advisors up at night.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Andre Cappon	The Pygmalion Effect: The Branch Manager Sets the Tone Why are some brokerage offices within the same network consistently profitable while others are consistently unprofitable?
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Will Leitch	For Advisors, 2003 Was a Better Year The fortunes of advisors took a turn for the better in 2003, according to the annual report from the Securities Industry Association.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Mindy Diamond	Valuable Lessons A broker in mid-career doldrums with a desire to teach, coach or mentor should let prospective employers know of this interest. It may provide an enriching experience for a whole class of brokers.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Jonathan Henschen	How to: Producer Group A producer group can extend the reach -- and profitability -- of a financial advisor's practice. However, not all producer groups are created equal.
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. March 1, 2003	Move Over Henry Higgins "Would the world ever have been made if its maker had been afraid of making trouble?" These words come from Henry Higgins in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, but they give voice to a central challenge in managing a brokerage branch.
Financial Advisor January 2004 Tracey Longo	Reversal Of Fortune Independent brokerage firms experienced a turnaround in 2003.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Matt Barthel	Insurance and the Generation Gap Reps historically have been reluctant to sell life insurance because of the steep learning curve associated with the products, and there is evidence that many still are hesitant to put forth the effort necessary to grasp the products' nuances.
On Wall Street November 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	Back on the Front Lines Over the past few months, both UBS and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney have completed their transitions to the 'complex' management structure. Many of the branch managers affected haven't had a book of business for years and say it's not an easy thing to conjure up overnight.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 John Churchill	UBS: You Against Us? According to rank-and-file reps surveyed, UBS brass did a lot of things right this year and can take a bow -- and then quickly straighten up and fix the rest of what reps say is still ailing the firm.
Registered Rep. January 11, 2010 Anne Field	Cop or Coach How can you be a cop and a coach at the same time? That's the challenge facing many branch managers these days.
Registered Rep. April 20, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Benjamin Edwards Passes Away at 77 Edwards, 77, was the great-grandson of the company's founder, Albert Gallatin Edwards, and led the former regional for 45 years before retiring in 2001 and assuming the title of chairman emeritus.