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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. 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. 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. |
Registered Rep. July 30, 2009 John Churchill |
Pressure to Reign In Executive Compensation Grows New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo released a report today on the compensation practices of the banking industry. Top on the list of concerns was the compensation structure at larger banks. |
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. |
CFO June 1, 2010 Randy Myers |
Ratings Disaster Congress takes another stab at reforming the credit-rating agencies, whose AAA seal of approval helped fuel the subprime crisis. But will any change truly make a difference? |
U.S. Banker July 2008 Michael Sisk |
A `Radical' Answer to Credit-Ratings Conflict The government should remove itself completely from the credit-rating business, stop deciding which company can and can't rate a bond, and stop making institutions pay attention to rating agencies whose work may be shoddy - and, it often turns out, is. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Wells Fargo Proves No Bank Is Immune Wells is one of the strongest banks around, if not the strongest, but in the fourth quarter they didn't even come close to meeting expectations. |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology October 10, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Wells Fargo Victorious in Wachovia Battle Wells Fargo given the go ahead to continue with Wachovia buyout. The purchase means the creation of a stronger coast-to-coast banking franchise. |
Registered Rep. September 23, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Client Service (Not Retention) Bonuses for Wells Fargo Advisors Some Wells Fargo Advisors financial advisors are earning their bonus dollars through a client service program. |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Justice for Bank of America Shareholders Bank of America shareholders are getting some justice, and those singlehandedly responsible for transforming the bank from a world-class enterprise into a taxpayer-sucking ward are being held accountable. |
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Foolish Forecast: Bank on Wells Fargo The banking behemoth is set to report its first-quarter 2007 financial results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Will Wells Fargo Disappoint on Wednesday? There are reasons to believe the bank has put off taking its medicine over the last couple of quarters. |
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. |
Registered Rep. February 26, 2009 John Churchill |
AG Cuomo Has the Goods--What Will Come of Merrill Bonuses? Former Merrill CEO John Thain testified before the AG for the second time on Tuesday, abiding by a court order that he share the names of bonus recipients with the AG after he initially declined to do so. |
Registered Rep. October 8, 2010 Kristen French |
Wells Fargo Advisors Hikes Recruiting Bonuses 100 bps In the next couple of months, major Wall Street brokers may be giving Wells Fargo Advisors a closer look. |
Registered Rep. February 25, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Wells Fargo Settles Sex Discrimination Claims For $32 Million Wells Fargo Advisors has tentatively agreed to a $32 million settlement of a federal class-action gender discrimination lawsuit brought in 2009 by three women financial advisors who worked at its legacy Wachovia Securities brokerage. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Lynn Hume |
The Bond Buyer SEC Votes on Rules for Rating Agencies: The proposed rules would implement provisions of the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006, which Congress approved and President Bush signed to foster increased competition, transparency and accountability among rating agencies. |
CFO September 1, 2008 Alix Stuart |
Over Rated? The subprime fiasco has put corporate credit-ratings on thin ice. |
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. |
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? |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer |
Wells Fargo Dodges the Big Losses Good times may not be quickly approaching, but it's also not likely that we'll see stocks of Wells Fargo's quality down this much very often. |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology August 19, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Wells Fargo and Wachovia: The Creation of a Coast-to-Coast Banking Franchise It wasn't the easiest of acquisitions, but now that Wachovia is officially part of Wells Fargo, the heavy lifting has only begun for IT. |
On Wall Street December 1, 2010 Frances A. McMorris |
Broker Pay: The Next Regulatory Target? The federal agency's chairman, Mary Schapiro, said she wants to see rules that encourage "compensation programs that incentivize the right kind of behavior and conduct on the part of the industry," as opposed to short-term risk-taking. |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
The Government's "Bad Bank" Plan Will Fail The problem isn't the bad assets. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 9, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Wells Fargo Grows First Data Card Relationship An expanded agreement has been signed to include Wachovia's card customers with Wells Fargo's First Data portfolio. |
Registered Rep. March 30, 2009 David A. Geracioti |
Bank of America Leading Bank Brokerage in 2008 BofA brokerage posted $1,792.9 million in "investment income" in 2008 -- way ahead of the second-largest, Wells Fargo. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Wheels Stay on the Stagecoach at Wells Fargo All things considered, all's well at Wells. |
The Motley Fool October 7, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Wachovia Suitors Try to Make Nice While the tug-of-war between Citigroup and Wells Fargo over Wachovia isn't over just yet, the two have agreed to stop suing the pants off of each other - at least until noon Wednesday - so something can get hammered out before Wachovia croaks. |
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. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Fool Poll: The Fight for Wachovia Citi's out, Wells Fargo's in. For now. |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Wall Street Under the Magnifying Glass Credit-rating agencies prepare to be probed by the attorney generals of New York and Ohio, as well as the SEC, as to how they managed to package pools of low-quality loans into groups and pass off portions of it as being A-list. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2010 Rich Duprey |
Moody's Goes Rogue Ratings agency fails to disclose receipt of SEC investigation notice as CEO dumps stock. |
BusinessWeek November 29, 2004 Amy Borrus |
Rating Agencies Get A Credit Check The SEC and European regulators are debating new rules for the U.S.-led credit rating industry. The commission probably will ask Congress for authority to require rating agencies to open their books and records to the SEC. |
U.S. Banker December 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Fall Mergers Have Yet To Yield Big Campaigns Since September three mammoth institutions, Merrill Lynch, Washington Mutual and Wachovia, were purchased by Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, respectively; it will be up to the banks' marketing teams to make sense of these developments for consumers. |
Registered Rep. January 19, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Wells Fargo Brokerage Sees Higher 4Q Assets, Revenue WBR "is an increasingly important growth business for us, and an increasingly important source of cross-selling," Chief Financial Officer Howard Atkins said on a conference call with analysts. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Ann Therese Palmer |
Activist Capitalists Today, corporate governance analysts are legion. Here's what two key corporate governance experts say about nuances on corporate governance analysis. |
CFO September 1, 2003 Tim Reason |
Good to Rate The rating agencies are under review for their failure to downgrade Enron more promptly. The only trouble is, proposed reforms might make things worse. |
Registered Rep. April 20, 2011 Kristen French |
Wells Fargo Reports Record Cross-Selling, Asset Inflows Wells Fargo's wealth management division reported stronger earnings, revenues and FA headcount in the first quarter, while cross-selling hit a record and client asset inflows were at their highest since Wells acquired Wachovia in late 2008. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Wells Fargo Takes on Goldman Sachs California lender Wells Fargo is set to bulk up the securities business it inherited from Wachovia. What will this mean for investors? |
Registered Rep. January 14, 2010 Kristen French |
Wells Fargo FAs Grumble About New Tax Withholding Rate Wells Fargo's new tax withholding system applies a flat rate of 25 percent to all financial advisors, causing under/over withholding problems for many employees. |
The Motley Fool November 11, 2011 John Reeves |
Banks Promise Not to Commit Fraud ... Until Next Time Banks have been signing pledges that they do not follow through on. |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Why Wells Fargo Really Wanted Wachovia Why was Wells Fargo so eager to ante up a deal for Wachovia? Taxes. It was all about taxes. |
Registered Rep. December 3, 2010 Kristen French |
SEC Says No New Rules On Broker Bonuses The SEC is charged with regulating executive compensation under Dodd-Frank legislation, but not broker bonuses. "I've checked with everyone here and there is no rulemaking that the SEC is undertaking at this time with respect to broker bonuses." said a spokesman. |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Citi Surrenders, Wells Fargo Prevails Welcome to your new home, Wachovia. |
Registered Rep. July 19, 2011 Diana Britton |
Wells Fargo's Wealth Management Earnings, Headcount Dip but Cross Selling Improves Wells Fargo's wealth, brokerage and retirement business posted slightly lower second-quarter earnings. |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2009 Dave Mock |
3 Reasons to Buy Wells Fargo Today There are lots, but here are three biggies. |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Jeremy Phillips |
The One Thing You Must Know About Wells Fargo Learn the most important metrics when evaluating a CEO. |