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Bank Technology News March 2010 Michael Sisk	How to Stay Online and Inbounds Combine the fast, freewheeling world of social networking sites with the conservative, highly regulated world of financial advice and the reconciliation is bound to awkward.
Registered Rep. March 3, 2010 Kristen French	New Social Networking Site Targets FAs LinkedFA is a new website is trying to cash in on the social networking craze and resolve some of the thorny regulatory questions that social networking sites raise for financial advisors.
Investment Advisor June 10, 2011 Janet Levaux	BDs Beware: Banning Facebook Is Bad Policy, Says Socialware's Chad Bockius Socialware CEO says that prohibiting use of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn might lead to financial advisors switching firms.
Financial Advisor January 2012 Brian Hamburger	Who Will Start The Revolution? Big firms give "Big Brother" nod to social media.
Registered Rep. March 8, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Morgan Stanley Advisors Paid to Put Clients in New Amex Credit Card Morgan Stanley Smith Barney financial advisors and client service associates will get a "small" amount of compensation for the administrative process of handling card sign up.
Registered Rep. October 27, 2011 Kristen French	Momentum Building for Social Media Adoption in Financial Services Financial firms that are using social media are not talking about their products or engaging their customer base.
Registered Rep. October 22, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	MSSB Plans to Double Size of U.S. Division For Ultra Wealthy Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management will exclusively serve clients with a minimum of $20 million in assets.
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Mark Astarita	Advisors Allowed To Get Social Some firms will continue to ban social media, while others will use the necessary software to allow it-just don't make a recommendation on one of the sites.
Registered Rep. January 9, 2009	Citi: What Sandy Built, Pandit Will Dismantle? The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Citigroup has put Smith Barney up for sale -- or a joint venture.
Registered Rep. December 15, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	A New Role for Top MSSB FAs: Bloggers Mike Ross, a portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney who oversees $500 million with a partner, now has a new role: wirehouse blogger.
Financial Advisor March 2012 Gail Liberman	Social Media Hurdles Some advisors are using social media for marketing, but many haven't spent much time using it because of compliance issues.
Registered Rep. January 14, 2011 Kristen French	Some MSSB Advisors Upset by Johnston's Departure Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman announced Thursday that Greg Fleming, head of the firm's asset management business, will replace Charles Johnston as head of wealth management.
Investment Advisor August 2010 Marlene Y. Satter	Broker/Dealer Briefing: Facebook and Twitter: Compliance Concerns Loom As FINRA notes, social media is no longer a trivial pursuit for advisors. And as they've grown more complex, the need to consider compliance issues for all communications on social media has grown from mere prudence to a necessity.
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. January 12, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Citi Grabs a Lifeline, Morgan Stages a Coup Despite a $45 billion capital injection from the government in 2008, Citi is in dire enough need of capital that it is planning to spin off its retail brokerage operation, Smith Barney, according to reports, in a joint venture with cross-town rival Morgan Stanley
Financial Advisor March 2010 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Beware The Pitfalls The advantages of social media for advisors are being trumpeted loudly, but the risks are heard less.
Registered Rep. March 7, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Morgan Stanley May Drop "Smith Barney" From Name Will the Smith Barney name go the way of A.G. Edwards, Bear Stearns, and other brokerages whose historic identities were sublimated following acquisitions by larger firms?
Registered Rep. June 1, 2009 David Geracioti	Can You Say, "Morgan Stanley Smith Barney?" The Joint Venture Launches Today The deal merging Citi's brokerage (Smith Barney) with Morgan Stanley's Global Wealth Management Group is closed -- ahead of schedule.
On Wall Street September 1, 2011 Lorie Konish	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's $1 Trillion Target Morgan Stanley Smith Barney focuses on growing its Consulting Group division, where it aims to double the assets in the managed account group to more than $1 trillion within the next five years.
Registered Rep. September 19, 2011 Diana Britton	More Advisors Using, Prioritizing Social Media, Survey Says Not only are more advisors using social media for business purposes, but more are making it a priority.
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Tweet Away It's been a struggle to get advisors to embrace social media because they don't fully recognize its business value.
Registered Rep. March 9, 2011 Kristen French	Morgan Stanley Cutting 200-300 FAs And Trainees The firm's wealth management division, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, should end the quarter with about 17,800 advisors, still the largest brokerage force in the U.S. by headcount.
Registered Rep. April 21, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Morgan Stanley Profits Rise, Advisor Count Flat Morgan Stanley on Wednesday reported higher-than-expected revenues and profits in the first quarter, lifted by its acquisition last spring of Smith Barney and by higher fixed income.
Registered Rep. January 20, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Wealth Management Has Strong Fourth Quarter At Morgan, BofA Neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney nor Bank of America ended 2009 with a bang in the earnings department. But their wealth management units were pockets of strength.
Financial Advisor July 2011 David Lawrence	Learning To Socialize Integrating social media into your advisory practice takes careful evaluation to get the most from what it has to offer.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005	Errata and Clarification Due to an editing error, a "Where Are They Now?" brief in the Ten To Watch feature package (August 2005) was incorrect... Due to an error by a Smith Barney spokesperson, September's Top 50 Advisors table erroneously listed Ed McNamee...
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 John Churchill	Earnings Forecast: Clouds Give Way to Sun The past year's earnings troubles belie the brokerage industry's sunny prospects for 2005. For advisors, the industry's recent troubles have translated into fewer jobs, but many firms are recruiting aggressively again.
Registered Rep. July 9, 2009 Churchill & French	Smith Barney Loses Top Executive, CFO Program To Be Rebranded After just 7 months on the job, Chris di Bonaventura, head of the Citi Family Office group, handed in his resignation.
Registered Rep. October 18, 2007 Halah Touryalai	At Citi, Profits Are Down; Smith Barney Wins Five Morgan FAs With Nearly $600m AUM; ML Loses Two Citigroups' third-quarter profits are down 57%... over at its Smith Barney unit, Charlie Johnston's team had a pretty good recruiting week... etc.
Investment Advisor March 2010 James J. Green	B/D News Bulletins and news of interest to broker/dealers from FINRA and the SEC.
Registered Rep. October 5, 2009 Kristen French	Citi Bank Brokerage Converts To All Fees Citigroup announced that it would convert its small North American bank brokerage business completely to a fee-on-assets-based fiduciary advice system, and would stop collecting commissions on stock and fund sales.
On Wall Street April 1, 2012 Tom Steinert-Threlkeld	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Starts Merging Client Accounts The big switch has begun. Morgan Stanley recently brought the first 10% of Smith Barney customer accounts over from their digital homes on Citigroup information systems.
Registered Rep. July 21, 2011 Kristen French	Morgan Stanley Plans More Cost-cutting in Retail Brokerage; Integration on Target, Net Asset Flows Up Morgan Stanley financial advisors should expect more cost-cutting in the global wealth management division in coming quarters.
Registered Rep. May 25, 2011 Lauren Barack	Morgan First On Wall Street to Crack Social Media Code Morgan Stanley is in the process of testing a pilot program that would allow its financial advisors to interact with clients and others on social media websites Twitter and LinkedIn.
Registered Rep. July 21, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Assets, Advisors Decline at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Q2 Morgan Stanley is making continued progress on its integration with Smith Barney, but declines in assets and headcount suggest it may be feeling the pain of client and advisor departures.
Financial Advisor December 2005 Grove & Prince	Raising The Bar On Value-Added Services There is an unequaled opportunity for growth when financial advisors leverage the expertise and resources of financial institutions and partner with their product providers.
Registered Rep. April 17, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney Losing Advisors, Client Assets But while Smith Barney is losing reps, it also appears to be recruiting heavily.
On Wall Street May 1, 2011 Lorie Konish	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Sharpens Its Focus With the two-year anniversary of the creation of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, the industry's largest brokerage business continues to take shape.
Registered Rep. April 21, 2011 Kristen French	Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Assets Up, Headcount and Margins Down Morgan's other two divisions -- institutional securities and asset management -- recorded declines in income and revenues.
Registered Rep. November 18, 2005 Kristen French	Smith Barney Cuts Pay for Smaller Brokers The new pay scale was announced to brokers internally in October and will take effect in January.
Registered Rep. January 13, 2009 David Geracioti	Citi, Morgan Stanley Agree To Form Joint Venture; Reps Will Receive Retention Bonus--Gorman Says: "We're Not Stupid" The combined retail brokerage units will become the largest financial services firm in the world and be a "force to be reckoned with." The combined entity will have more than 20,000 Financial advisors and an estimated $1.7 trillion in client assets.
Registered Rep. February 3, 2010 Kristen French	Merrill Plans Trainee Hiring Spree Bank of America plans to rebuild its brokerage force in 2010 by adding rookie advisors rather than competing for talent in the industry's expensive recruiting war.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Hired and Fired Up The biggest brokerage businesses are showing that even in a modest market upswing they now have in place a strategy for delivering stronger and steadier sales and earnings growth.
On Wall Street December 1, 2011	Who's News Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hired three advisors from UBS Financial Services... Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisors Raymond Stacy and Christopher Pieper... Wells Fargo Advisors hired advisor Zoran Vaz...
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Alan J. Foxman	Ponzi Schemes And Problems Paying Fines Q&A: What does it mean for advisors that records are now available to the general public online?... How will arbitration payments I must make but cannot afford right now affect my license?... more...
On Wall Street January 1, 2011	Michael McGrath In 2009, I became head of Alternative Investments for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Its joint venture with Smith Barney that same year gave me the opportunity to expand my horizons.
Registered Rep. February 3, 2012 Kristen French	Fight for Facebook Shares May Be Messy How the timing of the Facebook IPO matches with the completed integration of the Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney platforms, will play a big role in determining how shares are divvied up.
Registered Rep. October 20, 2010 Kristen French	Morgan Stanley Q3 Earnings Dive 67%, Wealth Management Is Most Profitable Division Morgan Stanley Smith Barney dunked into the red in the third quarter, with earnings falling 67 percent to 5 cents a share, due to a sharp decline in the firm's institutional securities business.
Registered Rep. November 29, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Morgan Stanley in the EEOC's Sights on Age-Discrimination? The EEOC is investigating claims made by former Morgan Stanley advisors that the firm discriminated against older workers when it laid off 1,000 financial advisors back in 2005.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2004	Comings & Goings Sam Vetas, one of Morgan Stanley's top producers has moved... Joe Biondo Sr. recently went independent from Smith Barney... Former Registered Rep. columnist Harry Pappas has switched firms... etc.