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Registered Rep.
November 6, 2008 |
Bank Of America To Sign Protocol, Herd Still Weighing Options Bank of America intends to sign the so-called "broker protocol," an agreement signed by most of the brokerage firms and RIAs stipulating what client information is acceptable for a departing financial advisor to take without getting sued by the former employer. But when?   |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Another Insane Wall Street Pay Story One sneaky Merrill Lynch employee just scored himself a nice eight-figure windfall for no more than a few months work. |
Registered Rep.
June 4, 2009
John Churchill |
Merrill Lynch's Dan Sontag Out? Salaried Merrill Brokers? Not so Fast According to a story posted yesterday on Clusterstock.com, a financial blog, Dan Sontag, head of Merrill Lynch's global wealth and investment management unit, is about to be pink-slipped. |
Registered Rep.
October 23, 2007
John Churchill |
Pre-Earnings Whisper Not Good for Merrill By announcing the likelihood of a multibillion-dollar write-down in its third quarter a few weeks ago, Merrill Lynch prepared investors for dismal earnings. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Demotion or Promotion? When Merrill Lynch announced that it would replace James Gorman, head of the firm's brokerage group, with his boss, Robert McCann, tongues wagged: Was Gorman simply moved into a sinecure? Put out to pasture? Or was he moved into a real post with real responsibilities? |
Registered Rep.
January 4, 2008 |
Merrill Slashes Trading Jobs Merrill Lynch began a round of layoffs this morning. |
Registered Rep.
April 27, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Merrill Lynch Names Thiel to Run U.S. Brokerage Thiel, 50, will replace Lyle LaMothe. LaMothe, also 50, said on March 4 that he would retire as head of Merrill Lynch U.S. Wealth Management. |
Registered Rep.
May 14, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
Bank of America Still Ramping Up Merrill Branding Though it recently wrapped up a national advertising campaign for Merrill Lynch, Bank of America continues to ramp up branding of the division, with an extension of the Merrill New York Yankees sponsorship and other activities. |
Registered Rep.
February 10, 2009 |
In First Media Interview, McCann Says Resignation Was At A "Logical Time" In his first interview since leaving Merrill Lynch, Robert J. McCann says he maintains good feelings for both Merrill Lynch and the timing of his departure. |
Registered Rep.
August 25, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill Fighting Back Against Recent Defections The recruiting war for top brokers remains fierce. The latest evidence of the fight to win million-dollar producers involves the industry's biggest firms. |
Registered Rep.
March 16, 2012
Kristen French |
Due Diligence: Merrill Cost-Cutting Centers on Client Segmentation, Less Bureacracy Merrill Lynch financial advisors can expect Bank of America cost-cutting to take the form of greater client segmentation and reduced bureaucracy, said John Thiel of Merrill Lynch |
Registered Rep.
October 28, 2008 |
Merrill Retention Package Angers FAs With "TRO" Language Merrill Lynch financial advisors are worried about one paragraph in the retention contract they received last Friday, October 24 -- very worried. And it has to do with the so-called broker protocol agreement. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2008
Frances A. McMorris |
Bank of America Gets on Board Bank of America finally gave in and agreed to join the industry-wide protocol in an effort to prevent an exodus of Merrill Lynch financial advisors. |
Registered Rep.
October 28, 2015 |
Merrill Lynch: A Simple and Streamlined Approach Merrill Lynch designed Merrill Lynch One, a multi-year, $100 million project that brought together five disparate money management platforms, each with their own fee structure, enrollment process and website. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Merrill Takes it To the Bank One of Merrill Lynch's major initiatives in the coming year will be to continue to attract clients to the firm's expanded banking service, known as Beyond Banking. |
Registered Rep.
June 11, 2008 |
Thain + You, Sittin' in A Tree Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain heaps praise upon the wealth management division during an interview. |
Registered Rep.
April 24, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill Launches `Leadership' Magazine Initially, the new magazine's target readership will be Merrill's senior-management ranks, with plans to expand to include a wider audience of business leaders over time. |
Registered Rep.
November 14, 2008 |
Update: 6,200 Merrill FAs Sign BofA Retention At Deadline Merrill says that only about half of the firm's nearly 17,000 advisors were eligible in the first place, and that they are responsible for about 75 percent of the firm's production. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Merrill Call Centers Gone Wild Merrill Lynch agreed to pay a $5 million NASD fine to settle charges that the firm's brokerage client call centers were poorly supervised. |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007
Maria Bartiromo |
John Thain on His New Job as CEO of Merrill Lynch John Thain talks about his appointment as CEO of Merrill Lynch. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2008
Churchill & French |
Merrill Lynch Says Broker Protocol Still Intact, Clarification Forthcoming Merrill Lynch financial advisors put off by non-compete language in the retention package they received last week -- who must now decide whether to sign it -- are getting assurances from Merrill that it's not as bad as they think. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2007
John Churchill |
Subprime Mess: Merrill and Goldman Reportedly Under Eye of SEC The subprime debt market blowup has had very different effects on Wall Street firms Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, but both firms could be getting a visit from the SEC to make sure everyone played by the rules. |
Registered Rep.
January 22, 2009 |
Thain Departs BofA--An $87,000 Rug? Say It Ain't So, John! Client AUMs Fall By 30 Percent In 2008 John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch and the man who engineered the sales of the storied Wall Street firm to Bank of America in September, is leaving the combined firm immediately. |
Registered Rep.
March 23, 2006
Kristen French |
Merrill To Gorman: Quit Poaching Our Reps And BOMs Is James Gorman, the new head of retail at Morgan Stanley, brazenly poaching employees from his old firm, Merrill Lynch? A judge apparently thinks so. |
Registered Rep.
December 27, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Merrill Funds To Change Name In the latest move, the Wall Street giant announced that it intends to change the name of Merrill Lynch Investment Management's funds to -- well, that has yet to be determined and won't be until sometime in early 2006. |
Registered Rep.
March 30, 2006
Kristen French |
Gorman Unrestrained Morgan Stanley retail chief James Gorman was freed by a New York State judge of the temporary restraining order that prevented him from raiding Merrill Lynch's brokerage ranks. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
Bank of America Ramps Up Online Brokerage Bank of America is making a push into electronic brokerage services, a menu that includes free online trading and a new platform called Merrill Edge, set to debut in late June. Some say the new services will steal business from Merrill advisors. |
Registered Rep.
August 13, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Merrill Grabs Advisors Producing $5.5 million From Rival UBS Merrill Lynch won big last week in the aggressive industry-wide recruiting war for top advisors. |
Registered Rep.
March 5, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
Team Swaps Merrill for Hightower Over Frustration with International Biz Jordan Waxman, Kenneth Hoffman and Richard Steinberg left Merrill Lynch and joined HighTower, the Chicago-based national registered investment advisor. |
Registered Rep.
September 29, 2006 |
Stan O'Neal: Call Your Managers in Brazil |
Wall Street & Technology
March 2, 2004 |
People on the Move Ravi Apte has left the American Stock Exchange... Merrill Lynch hires John Killeeen... SmartStream Technologies hires Anthony Kirby... |
Wall Street & Technology
July 1, 2005
Maria Santos |
Deutsche Bank's Lehrman Moves to Merrill Ira Lehrman joined Merrill Lynch as first vice president and head of global investment banking and client technology. |
Registered Rep.
February 2, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Tangled up in Ivy: Merrill's Princeton Problem Princeton University is steamed at Merrill Lynch for rebranding its captive mutual-fund operation Princeton Portfolio Research & Management, as the giant investment bank and brokerage attempts to find a wider market for its lineup of 108 funds. |
InternetNews
November 8, 2005
David Needle |
Chip Supply Solid, Merrill Says Semiconductor inventory remains high but flat, according to a report by investment giant Merrill Lynch. |
Registered Rep.
April 19, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill's Brokerage Earnings Up Pretax earnings at Merrill Lynch's global private client group rose 27% in the first quarter ending March 31 to $646 million, up from $510 million in the same period a year ago. As might be expected, the division's headcount increased along with profits. |
Registered Rep.
June 27, 2006
Kevin Burke |
You Leaving Me?--Mother Merrill Asks Some Top Producers If They're Fixin' to Depart If you are one of Merrill Lynch's best financial consultants and you have been flirting with other brokerages or financial-planning firms, watch out: You could get hit with a Merrill loyalty statement. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Merrill's Green Underbelly Merrill Lynch releases a report stating its intentions to make its own buildings more environmentally friendly, and to look for ways to invest in green businesses. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2010
Howard J. Stock |
Back Office Move Has Advisors Up In Arms -- Some Bolt Questions surround what will happen to BAI clients when Merrill moves their accounts from National Financial to Merrill Lynch. |
Registered Rep.
June 10, 2005
Kristen French |
On the (Acquisition) Warpath Merrill Lynch is hungry to buy companies. |
Registered Rep.
October 14, 2010
Kristen French |
Merrill Brokers Had "Good Reason" To Leave, And Got $1.2 ml For It Two former Merrill brokers won $1.167 million in an arbitration award from Merrill Lynch for deferred compensation benefits |
Registered Rep.
October 26, 2007
David Geracioti |
O'Neal Rumored To Be On the Chopping Block Apparently Merrill Lynch has been gorging itself on risk. And, it may cost CEO Stan O'Neal his job. Merrill's shares are down by about 35% this year. |
Registered Rep.
June 6, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
End of Settlement Talks Bring Students to Protest Against Merrill Lynch African-American college students protested in front of several Chicago-based Merrill Lynch offices one day after settlement talks between African-American reps who claim they were discriminated against and Merrill Lynch came to an end. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Maybe a Bull Case for Merrill Lynch This large broker-dealer is doing well, but further operating improvements could make it a bargain for investors. |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
Kathleen M. McBride |
Merrill's Big Plans The importance of culture at the organization is what Sallie Krawcheck spoke of at her first press conference as president of Global Wealth Management & Investment Management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. |
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.
June 2, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Vermont Judge Rules Against a Merrill TRO A federal judge in Vermont has ruled against Merrill Lynch's attempt to prevent two former brokers from contacting clients they held while at the firm. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: Merrill Lynch's Lapse Merrill Lynch announces that its third-quarter numbers will be very, very disappointing. |
Registered Rep.
August 4, 2009
French & Churchill |
Dan Sontag Departs Merrill Lynch Much beloved by Merrill financial advisors, Dan Sontag is stepping down as head of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management. |
Wall Street & Technology
May 21, 2007
Greg MacSweeney |
20 Year Wall Street Data Veteran Roseann Palmieri Joins Merrill Lynch Palmieri's career -- including 10 years at Morgan Stanley, six years at Deutsche Bank and, most recently, four years at Bank of America Securities -- has touched almost every part of the data management business. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Merrill Wants Its Bubble Back, Too The investing bigwig longs for the return of astronomical housing prices. |
