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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.
October 2, 2008 |
Just Say No To Citi? Apparently, not everyone is pleased by the deal in which Citigroup would buy Wachovia Corp.'s bank branches, deposits and private bank -- including a number of high-end Wachovia advisors. |
Registered Rep.
October 3, 2008
Kristen French |
Wachovia Hooks Up with Wells Fargo; Citi Says Wachovia In Breach Citigroup's deal with Wachovia gets ousted over the new deal with Wells Fargo. Wachovia shareholders and advisors are relieved. |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2008
Geracioti & Touryalai |
Morgan And Wachovia? The need for the kind of capital offered by customer deposits apparently is driving securities firms into the arms of banks. |
Registered Rep.
June 8, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Wachovia Accelerates Hiring in Private Bank Under plans to expand its private banking presence, Wachovia Securities said it would hire about 300 private bankers over the next three years, more than doubling its number of private banking relationship managers. |
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.
February 20, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
No Retention Bonuses For Wachovia Reps; Wachovia Securities To Be Renamed Danny Ludeman, head of Wachovia Securities, told managers earlier today that financial advisors would not receive any retention bonus. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
July 28, 2008
Kristen French |
Wachovia Could Sell Retail Brokerage: Analysts Analysts point to a record $8.9 billion quarterly loss in the second quarter, but Wachovia says the brokerage isn't for sale. |
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.
May 1, 2005 |
60 Seconds With David Monday Wachovia Securities' new Individual Investor Group leader talks about his plans for the new division. |
Registered Rep.
June 15, 2007
Kevin Burke |
Wachovia Extends Olive Branch to A.G. Edwards Reps. Will They Accept? Just 15 days after it announced it was buying A.G. Edwards, Wachovia Securities announced its retention package for A.G. Edwards reps. |
Registered Rep.
October 22, 2008 |
Wachovia Reports Record $24 Billion Loss, Brokerage Results Weak, But With Bright Spots The massive loss was due primarily to declining values in its retail and small business banking divisions. But the retail brokerage and wealth management units didn't fare so well either. |
Registered Rep.
October 10, 2008 |
Citi Walks, Wells Fargo Gets Wachovia, Wachovia Reps Relieved The union of Wells Fargo and Wachovia will create the country's third-largest coast-to-coast banking behemoth. But the deal still faces obstacles before it can be finalized. |
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. |
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.
July 23, 2008
John Churchill |
Wachovia Earnings Down; Stock Up 27 Percent In Two Days While Wachovia Corp. was busy posting bad numbers, its two retail financial advisory units -- one for high-net-worth financial planning and the other for retail brokerage, including A.G. Edwards -- did relatively well. |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 18, 2005
Will Leitch |
Wachovia: On the Recruiting Warpath Wachovia Securities, the third-largest brokerage in the country, has announced an "aggressive" new strategy: the creation of the Individual Investor Group, entirely devoted to the recruitment and retention of individual brokers. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Suddenly, A Monster Wachovia Securities has gradually, then all of a sudden, emerged as a monster brokerage firm. But Wachovia management insists that its Richmond roots aren't the only difference between it and its New York-based rivals. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
The Tipping Point Depending on how the grid changes resolve continuing differences between the Pru and Wachovia payout plans, old Pru reps may be ready to walk. Advisors say that at this point, they are growing weary of promises and pep talks. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Wachovia Software Emphasizes Goals Wachovia Securities wants advisors to know where their clients want to be, not just where they are now. The firm plans early this year to unveil a new software package for its advisors to help clients figure out their retirement goals and the appropriate investments to get them there. |
Registered Rep.
February 18, 2003
David A. Geracioti |
Prudential and Wachovia Deal at Hand Wachovia Corp. and Prudential Financial are set to announce their long-rumored joint venture, a partnership that would combine the two firms' brokerage units and clearing operations to create the third-largest brokerage (by number of reps) in the United States after Merrill and Morgan. |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology
September 29, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Wachovia to be Acquired by Citi Wachovia will be acquired by New York-based Citigroup in a deal facilitated by the FDIC. |
Registered Rep.
February 3, 2009
John Churchill |
Wachovia-UBS Hookup Rumored but Unlikely Here's a possible new twist in the changing financial services landscape: A report in the New York Post raises the possibility of a "joint venture" between the wealth management divisions of Wachovia Securities and UBS. |
Registered Rep.
April 13, 2012
Kristen French |
Wells Fargo Wealth Management Business Posts Stagnant First Quarter Wells Fargo's wealth management business reported no growth in assets and a slight decline in advisors for the first quarter versus the same time period a year ago. |
U.S. Banker
April 2003
Glen Fest |
Going with the Flow Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson's deal with Prudential has tongues wagging and rivals paying close attention. The newly combined brokerage, nets the bank greater access to trillions of dollars that will pass from one generation to another over the next 10 years. Move over Merrill? |
Registered Rep.
September 27, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Wachovia Securities in Technological Purgatory The Prudential/Wachovia Securities systems integration continues to frustrate the firms' advisors, although the most serious problems have been cleared up. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Overtime Settlements Stacking Up Citigroup agreed in mid-May to pay a record $98 million to past and present advisors to settle their overtime-pay claims. It's the fourth major financial firm to settle a class-action suit regarding overtime pay within the past 10 months. |
Registered Rep.
January 13, 2003
Gaffen & Geracioti |
Wachovia-Prudential: For Real This Time? Can you say Pru-chovia? Prudential Securities and Wachovia Securities are very close to an agreement to join forces, one that was scuttled earlier in the year, reportedly due to differences in who would control the unit. |
Registered Rep.
February 6, 2008
Halah Touryalai |
Forget Sub-Prime Mortgage Woes--Wachovia Is Embarrassed By Its Telemarketers Wachovia Corp. is facing a lawsuit alleging it allowed a telemarketing scheme that eventually scammed consumers out of about $400 million. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Christopher O'Leary |
It's in the Bank Wirehouse veterans who have switched to bank brokerages say Wall Street's perception of bank brokerages is stuck in the past, and that the best bank brokerages have become much more competitive in terms of production, assets and compensation. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Wachovia: Back on Track Wachovia is back in good graces with its brokers. The many integration headaches of the firm's merger with Prudential Securities have finally subsided. Reps polled say management has tackled a number of improvements. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2004
Will Leitch |
Bank Shots For the first time in a year-and-a-half, quarter-over-quarter revenue at bank-owned broker/dealers dropped, by 18 percent, according to a Bank Insurance & Securities Association's (BISA) report on the second quarter of 2004. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Wachovia Is One Big Deal Wachovia snapped up one rival and is still digesting another. Investors, take note. |
Registered Rep.
October 6, 2008 |
Citigroup, Wells Fargo Still Battling Over Wachovia It now appears the two banks may each get a piece -- but without any help from the government. |
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.
April 28, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Wachovia's Banking Unit Has New Deal for Reps Wachovia Securities, which offers reps several different affiliation levels, has predictably come up with a recruiting deal that has several different plans reps can choose from. This particular deal is only for those reps applying to work in the bank branches. |
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.
December 10, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
Wells Fargo Wants To Expand Wealth Biz Chief Executive John Stumpf was quoted as saying he felt the "sub-optimized" wealth business could stand some expansion. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Battle for Wachovia: Round 2 Come on, you didn't really think the banking world had its act together, did you? |
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 24, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Wachovia-Pru: What's Next The newly-announced joint venture between Wachovia's retail brokerage and Prudential Securities isn't scheduled to close for another 18 months. But the new company should be able to measure the effectiveness of its broker-retention strategy sooner than that. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Is Wall Street Abandoning Main Street? Are the major brokerage firms losing interest in the everyday investor who has been the very foundation of many of its successes? |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Wach-Pru: Rock Steady, or Not Ready? Wachovia's courtship of Prudential Securities, for months one of the worst kept secrets on the Street, has come to fruition. Is the new organization capable of competing in the elite league it has entered? |
Registered Rep.
September 3, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Hires Four HNW Advisors The latest hires by UBS Wealth Management Americas reflect its goal of attracting business from the ultra rich in mostly major metropolitan markets in the United States. |
Bank Systems & Technology
October 7, 2008
Orla O'Sullivan |
High Noon for Wells, Citi Over Wachovia Purchase Citibank and Wells Fargo are given decision deadlines while litigation against Wachovia is suspended. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2004 |
Comings & Goings Wachovia Securities names Keith Gregg its new national sales director... Donnie Casey, executive vice president and director of staff at A.G. Edwards, has announced her retirement... etc. |
