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Wall Street & Technology
November 29, 2004
Paul Allen |
A.G. Edwards' Grand Plan Deal with Thomson Financial could raise costs in the short term, but it's all part of a long-term technology plan to simplify its infrastructure.   |
Wall Street & Technology
September 23, 2005
Paul Allen |
Harnessing Data Timely and accurate data is critical to financial institutions. Despite technology advances in data collection, scrubbing and downstream distribution, such as SOA, most firms still are some way away from achieving a clean, automated data environment. |
Insurance & Technology
July 25, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Critical Path to Excellence If there's a secret to insurers' effective technology project management, it's genuine alignment of the business and IT. |
CIO
July 1, 2003
Megan Santosus |
Office Discipline: Why You Need a Project Management Office Companies seeking more efficiency and tighter monitoring of IT projects are opening project management offices in growing numbers. But don't expect a quick fix, easy metrics or an immediate payback. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 29, 2004
Chris Murphy |
Long Live Long Term Long-term IT projects -- and even good, old-fashioned mega projects -- haven't completely vanished in this short-term world. |
CIO
January 1, 2006
Allan Holmes |
The Changing CIO Role: The Dual Demands of Strategy and Execution How - and why - your job has changed since the first "State of the CIO" report in 2002. |
Wall Street & Technology
October 25, 2004
Cristina McEachern |
Calling All VARs Under constant pressure to improve speed and cut costs, business-technology leaders in financial services firms are increasingly turning to value-added resellers for tech help. |
CIO
March 1, 2002
Tom Field |
Executive Relationships A majority of CIOs now answer to the CEO, but some of their best relationships are with other executives... |
CIO
August 15, 2001
Stephanie Overby |
Quick Change Artists Seven secrets to make change in a hurry... |
Financial Advisor
July 2012
Jeff Schlegel |
Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. Forges Own Path Not many four-year-old firms have a legacy stretching back to the Lincoln administration. |
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. |
CIO
October 15, 2003
Martha Heller |
Portfolio Management A take on the nagging question that lurks within the consciousness of most CIOs: How do I know I'm working on the right projects? |
On Wall Street
January 28, 2010
Lee Conrad |
Carrying on a Family Tradition Tad Edwards, son of retired A.G. Edwards CEO Ben Edwards, sets out on his own to recreate his family's financial advising firm. |
On Wall Street
February 1, 2010
Lee Conrad |
Wells Fargo: On the Front Lines of the Culture Wars One of Wells Fargo's task after acquiring Wachovia Securities is integrating advisors from both companies into one sales force and keeping them satisfied. |
Insurance & Technology
May 8, 2009
Smallwood & Furtado |
The Right Projects at the Right Time By linking business strategy to business processes and then to IT investments, insurers can maximize ROI while controlling costs and remaining competitive in the marketplace. |
Registered Rep.
April 20, 2009
Christina Mucciolo |
A.G. Edwards Founder Passes Away at 77 Benjamin Edwards III, former chairman, CEO, and president A.G. Edwards, died Monday after a battle with cancer. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2007
Lawrence A. Rothman |
Good Deal, Wachovia! Strong quarterly results from A.G. Edwards reaffirm the wisdom of Wachovia's pending purchase. Investors, take note. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 1, 2007
Nancy Feig |
The Rise of the Business Analyst and Other Emerging IT Roles Emerging roles at banks put business and IT on the same page. |
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.
May 2, 2007
John Churchill |
SEC Fines A.G. Edwards for Failure to Supervise Add A.G. Edwards to the long list of firms that have been fined by the SEC for long-ago failures to supervise brokers who deceptively market timed mutual funds. |
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.
April 12, 2004
Will Leitch |
A.G. Edwards Inks Deal With Morningstar A. G. Edwards signs deal with investment research firm Morningstar to integrate its mutual fund research, data and ratings with Edwards' existing infrastructure. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
A.G. Edwards Misses the Mark The full-service broker reports Q2 earnings just shy of estimates. |
Registered Rep.
May 18, 2009
John Churchill |
As Wells Fargo Takes Over, Integration at Wachovia and A.G. Edwards Still Faces Hurdles Some financial advisors at what is now the largest retail brokerage firm in the U.S. say the integration of the Wachovia and A.G. Edwards is still incomplete, and leaves much to be desired. |
Registered Rep.
January 21, 2005
Will Leitch |
A.G. Edwards Offering Courses for College Credit The firm cleared the classes with the American Council on Education, allowing them to help brokers who are interested to work toward undergraduate degrees with elective credits. The firm claims they are the first retail brokerage to offer such a program. |
Registered Rep.
June 7, 2004
Will Leitch |
A.G. Edwards Signs Tech Deal with Dell A.G. Edwards has struck an outsourcing deal with Dell, under which the computer firm will provide server systems, desktop computers and on-site support to the firm's reps. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
Edwards Weighing How to Settle A.G. Edwards is ready to talk about paying for its transgressions in the sale of Class B and Class C mutual fund shares. |
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.
December 1, 2005 |
Registered Rep.'s Broker Report Cards How seven of the nation's largest brokerage firms stack up against each other. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2008
John Teresko |
The Future of R&D: Leveraging Innovation Contrary to conventional thinking, R&D is a very manageable driver of corporate success. |
Registered Rep.
August 7, 2006
John Churchill |
NYSE Fines A.G. Edwards for Excessive Fees and Failure to Supervise The firm was fined $900,000 for abuses in fee-based accounts. The firm was also charged with failure to supervise staff, including one particularly wayward branch manager. |
Registered Rep.
June 28, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Wachovia Securities to Make New Home in St. Louis Federal Antitrust regulators approved Wachovia Corp.'s acquisition of A.G. Edwards. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter, most likely in October. |
CRM
June 1, 2009
Jessica Tsai |
Social from the Inside Out By focusing on connecting employees, a socially entwined culture benefits clients. |
Fast Company
September 2010
Ellen McGirt |
How Nike's CEO Shook Up the Shoe Industry Nike's Mark Parker brings together extreme talents, whether they're basketball stars, tattooists, or designers obsessed with shoes. |
CIO
June 15, 2006
Catherine Aczel Boivie |
Red Light, Green Light How one CIO used project management discipline and the Traffic Light Report to align her IT department with her company's business goals. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 1, 2005
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff The head of Wells Fargo's technology operations, communications systems and payments strategies says it's important to look beyond implementing the latest and greatest technology for its own sake but to examine its ability to forward the organization's goals. |
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. |
JavaWorld
September 2000
Humphrey Sheil |
Frameworks save the day Every Enterprise Java project has the same basic plumbing. By embracing this premise, you can cut project costs and improve software quality in one swoop. Even the lightweight framework outlined in this article can add significant value to your project -- with immediate gains... |
Search Engine Watch
May 11, 2011
Jacob Morgan |
The Adaptive Social Business Framework Linear approaches to enterprise collaboration and/or social CRM aren't pragmatic or realistic. Organizations looking to implement either customer-facing or employee-facing social initiatives need an adaptive social business framework. |
