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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.
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.
February 12, 2009 |
Round Up: The Post-Congressional Roasting Scuttlebutt Deems House Committee A Rather Pointless Public Flogging In the 18th century there might have been a public flogging or a stint in the town square's pillory, but would the pre-credit-crunch world have condemned Wall Street leaders and members of Congress to the gallows? |
| AskMen.com |
Madoff Gets 150 Years Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to those who might imitate his fraud and to victims who need relief. |
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. |
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.
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.
February 4, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
NY AG Names Names -- Charges Ken Lewis With Fraud The New York Attorney General's office today charged Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis with fraud for failing to disclose material details about Merrill Lynch in its merger with the brokerage. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2009
John Aidan Byrne |
Former ML Chief Free to Take Job Robert J. McCann is free to take the reins at a major Merrill rival now that he settled a lawsuit today with Bank of America. |
Registered Rep.
January 28, 2009
John Aidan Byrne |
Merrill Chief Sontag Vows "To Restore Pride"; Brokers Ask, Hey, Sontag, Where Is My Bonus and Junket? Daniel C. Sontag, chief of Bank of America's newly-acquired wealth management division, fielded some tough questions Monday from miffed Merrill Lynch financial advisors. |
Registered Rep.
October 5, 2009
Kristen French |
Merrill Launches Branding Campaign; Recruiting Net Positive The new campaign Monday will cost the firm $20 million in the fourth quarter, the most Merrill has ever spent on marketing. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2009
Michael Orey |
Commentary: Do Shareholder Class Actions Make Sense? Not when they extract payments from innocent shareholders and let fraudsters off the hook. |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2008 |
Merrill Reps: Waiting For Retention News Brokers were told they would be offered retention packages, but no further details have been offered so far. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Here Comes the Pain for Thain Just days after resigning from Bank of America, former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain has been subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General regarding $4 billion in bonuses paid just days before merging with B of A. |
Registered Rep.
November 10, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Merrill Integration Ahead of Schedule, Says Lewis An article in the New York Post claims Merrill Lynch advisors are annoyed with Bank of America's (BoA) efforts to get them to offer their clients BoA checking accounts, but Ken Lewis says that's not true. |
Registered Rep.
February 9, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Registered Rep. Round Up: Madoff Settles Civil Case, O'Neal's Estate Planning Secrets Revealed The criminal proceedings for Madoff are unaffected, and resume on February 11; Stan O'Neal, the former leader of Merrill Lynch and Robert Nardelli, the CEO of Chrysler LLC, have transferred the deeds of their houses to their wives. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009 |
Broker/Dealer News Actions by the SEC and FINRA |
Registered Rep.
March 17, 2009
Christina Mucciolo |
AIG Smackdown: The Way of the Samurai? TARP is `Assinine.' Pandit's Comp Attack. Mrs. Ponz's Many Seacraft This week, Wall Street is bearish on compensation. |
Registered Rep.
March 5, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
"Look Ma, Me Regulate!" No Retention Bonuses from Wells Fargo. Exceptions Apply; Merrill Bonus Saga Continues In its latest effort to prove its effectiveness, the SEC says it wants to reevaluate the rules governing credit-rating agencies. |
Registered Rep.
August 6, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Advisors Welcome Mortgage Rollout Financial advisors at UBS Wealth Management Americas closely watched this week as the U.S. brokerage rolled out plans to sell more of its own mortgage and lending products through its retail brokerage force. |
Registered Rep.
October 7, 2009
John Aidan Byrne |
Exclusive: McCann Back To Work In October Robert J. McCann, former president of Merrill Lynch, settles a bitter lawsuit with Merrill parent company Bank of America over a non-compete agreement. The settlement frees McCann to return to work this month. |
Registered Rep.
May 27, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
High-End Investment Advice Grows Globally The private banking industry is growing at a level not seen since the late 1990s, reflecting not only an increase in the market but also an influx of new money into these firms. |
Registered Rep.
March 19, 2009
John Churchill |
Yet Another Fraud; AIG, Merrill Bonuses Going Going G...; Lehman Brothers Killed by Shorts? SEC charges two former political figures in fraudulent "kick back" scheme... New York Attorney General says he will release the names of the Merrill Lynch bonus recipients... Lehman's downfall... |
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. |
Registered Rep.
February 20, 2009
Kristen French |
News Roundup: BofA's Lewis Subpoenaed; Ponzi Pileup! Stanford Investigated For Ponzi Scheme; Morgan Still Poaching Brokers; Even Sin Businesses Take A Hit Another banking-chief head may be set to roll... A list of Ponzi schemers... Sin stocks lower... Morgan Stanley poaches brokers... |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Ken Lewis: A Fraudster, or Just Stupid? Or maybe a stupid fraudster? |
Registered Rep.
January 6, 2009 |
Sontag Takes McCann's Job At Merrill More shocking to Merrill Lynch advisors than the sudden departure of their leader is the disappearance of the "MER" logo from their computer screens. |
Registered Rep.
March 25, 2009
Kristen French |
Regionals Buying B/D Branches, It's All About AIG, BofA's Reassurances Stifel Nicolaus to buy 55 UBS wealth management branches spread across 24 states... Fallout from the AIG bonus kerfuffle continues to dominate the news... Bank of America to repay TARP money by April... |
Registered Rep.
November 11, 2010
Kristen French |
Sources: New SEC Rules Won't Kill Upfront Bonuses New rules governing broker recruiting bonuses? The idea, floated by Mary Schapiro on Monday, met with skepticism this week from securities industry attorneys, compensation experts and recruiters. |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2009
John Churchill |
Judge Controls Bob McCann's Fate The former Merrill Lynch brokerage head told a Manhattan federal judge yesterday that his new employer is losing patience, and he should be relieved of a non-compete clause in his BofA contract. |
Registered Rep.
July 31, 2008
John Churchill |
Massachusetts Says Merrill Defrauded ARS Clients Among the many claims against Merrill Lynch is that management censored otherwise gloomy fixed income research in order to move volatile inventory out of company inventory and into client portfolios. |
Registered Rep.
November 8, 2010
Kristen French |
Merrill Strengthens Golden Handcuffs For New Hires, Recruits Small Fry To receive all of his recruiting bonus money, a new hire must now stick around for 14 years, instead of nine, and all of the back-end money is now deferred, where a big portion used to be in cash. |
Registered Rep.
October 10, 2008
John Churchill |
McCann: Merrill Managers Get No Retention, FA Package Due in Two Weeks Merrill's president revealed that managers will get no retention package and only the top third of financial advisors will be getting a deal. |
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.
September 2, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
SEC Says Careful With Your Recruiting Bonus The SEC sends a warning to broker/dealer executives about the recruiting bonuses they pay to advisors, saying they could encourage advisors to do things that are not in their clients' best interests. |
Registered Rep.
October 8, 2009 |
UBS Hires Bob McCann UBS has hired former Merrill Lynch executive Bob McCann to run its wealth management division in the Americas. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2012
Kristen French |
Did the $5 Debit Card Fee Prompt the Merrill Exodus? Bank of America Merrill Lynch has been bleeding top brokers in the past six months, just as many industry observers predicted. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009 |
B/D News & Products News for broker/dealers: U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that would tie pay to performance at companies that have received TARP funds... Securities and Exchange Commission charged the auditors of Bernard Madoff's broker/dealer firm with securities fraud... |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2005
John Churchill |
Merrill Takes a Late Hit on Research Scandal An NASD arbitration panel ordered Merrill Lynch to pay more than $1 million to an investor last month for hiding conflicts of interest and issuing fraudulent research. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Shame, Shame, John Thain The "take-the-money-and run-before-it's-too-late" behavior Merrill has exhibited at Thain's lead is, to say the least, appalling. |
Registered Rep.
October 31, 2007
John Churchill |
UBS Earnings Bomb Swiss banking giant UBS joined Merrill Lynch at the bottom of the credit related write-down pile with the release of its earnings. |
Registered Rep.
September 15, 2008
Kristen French |
Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Bob Van Voris |
For Madoff Victims, an Avenging Angel Irving Picard has $10 billion in hand and is suing banks and others he claims profited from the fraud for $100 billion more |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The Merrill Lynch Settlement: Good for Merrill, Not for Investors Many say the Merrill settlement does not resolve investors' fundamental concern: the inherent conflict produced by analysts' multiple dual role of serving investors and Merrill's investment banking business. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2011
Lorie Konish |
Will Bofa's Leadership Change Hurt the Thundering Herd? In one fell swoop, Bank of America changed the face of its wealth management leadership when it announced the departure of the unit's top executive Sallie Krawcheck. |
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.
January 16, 2009 |
Citi's Global Wealth Mgt Unit: Retail Clients Flee; Merrill Drags Down Everybody knows that Citigroup announced yesterday it was putting itself out of its misery. The failing bank had a whopping $8.29 billion fourth-quarter loss, capping off a horrific year. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Bank of America Comes Back for Seconds After biting off more than it could chew with its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, Bank of America is heading back to the bailout line for a second helping. |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Farzad & Son |
The Bull Whisperer Sallie Krawcheck, chief of the wealth management unit at Bank of America, needs her Merrill Lynch brokers to drive profit to other divisions. And Merrill's "Thundering Herd" is snorting mad about it |
