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On Wall Street
October 1, 2013
Mason Braswell |
Non-Solicitation Disagreement What can you say without crossing the line and violating a non-solicitation agreement?   |
Registered Rep.
September 4, 2013
David Armstrong |
Editor's Letter: September 2013 Most advisors decide to move not because they are wooed to greener pastures, but because pain points inside their current environment have become too great. |
Registered Rep.
February 21, 2012
Kristen French |
Due Diligence: Edward Jones Has an Edge at Training in an Industry That Stinks at it Only about one out of every five rookies in the Wall Street brokerage business makes it through year two or three of a four-year training program, according to industry consultant CBM Group. |
Registered Rep.
May 4, 2011
Kristen French |
Edward Jones Aims to Quadruple Veteran Hires Long known as a firm that trains greenhorns and career changers from the ground up and then holds onto them for life, the firm is getting serious about recruiting financial advisors with experience. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
John Churchill |
Will Jones Wrap it Up? Buy-and-hold Edward Jones is considering a platform option it has long eschewed as foreign to the firm's culture: fee-based accounts. |
Registered Rep.
December 21, 2004
Will Leitch |
Ed Jones Agrees to Pay $75 Million in Revenue-Sharing Case Edward Jones has agreed to a $75 million settlement with the SEC, the NASD and the New York Stock Exchange as punishment for failing to disclose to clients information about the firm's revenue-sharing arrangements with mutual funds. |
Registered Rep.
October 23, 2003
John Churchill |
Edward Jones hit with $2.7 million fine One of the firm's brokers overloaded a client's account with unsuitable investments on margin. |
Registered Rep.
July 22, 2009 |
Edward Jones, LPL, Schwab: Keeping Clients Happy FAs, you better be at the top of your game. |
Registered Rep.
October 23, 2009
Christina Mucciolo |
Ed Jones To Sell Brokerage Unit in U.K. Edward Jones announced the sale of its U.K. business operations to Towry Law, an independent wealth management firm based in the U.K., for an undisclosed sum. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2006
John Churchill |
I Fought the Law After stepping into the ring last spring with California Attorney General Bill Lockyer over fund disclosure practices, American Funds recently knocked the AG on the canvas; Edward Jones, another Lockyer target, hasn't been so lucky. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2012
Diana Britton |
Seasoned Veterans General George S. Patton once said, "You cannot be disciplined in great things and indisciplined in small things." That same philosophy could be applied to being a financial advisor. |
Registered Rep.
April 29, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
Edward Jones Raises FA Production Expectations Edward Jones announced that it had laid out increased production expectations for its army of 12,700 advisors that will take effect next year. |
Registered Rep.
May 13, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
Edward Jones Top Advisor Attrition Remains Rock-Bottom, Says Weddle After Edward Jones lost two top producing reps and increased production expectations last month, some media outlets and recruiters made a lot of noise about rising advisor defections at Edward Jones. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2004
Will Leitch |
Accused A recent mutual fund scandal at Edward Jones causes a temporary hiccup in the firm's reputation. |
Registered Rep.
May 26, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
More Changes at Edward Jones, Chief Strategist Alan Skrainka Out According to a Jones spokesperson, Skrainka was ousted due to "his use of written materials without giving attribution." |
Registered Rep.
June 5, 2006
John Churchill |
Edward Jones' to Pay for Revenue Sharing, Still Faces Civil Complaints The financial firm will soon be writing a lot of checks to a lot of clients: $75 million in checks, to be exact. The payday is actually a payback per the terms of Jones' 2004 settlement with regulators for inadequate disclosure of revenue-sharing practices in its mutual funds sales. |
Registered Rep.
May 2, 2007
Kevin Burke |
It's Not About the Money The firms that have the highest number of satisfied financial advisors aren't necessarily the ones with the highest-paid financial advisors. Industry experts say that what really drives advisors to jump is friction with a supervisor. |
Registered Rep.
February 3, 2009 |
EJ Employees Are Lovin' It Edward Jones made Fortune magazine's "100 Best companies To Work For," list again this year, its tenth year on the list. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
529 Plans in the Crosshairs To virtually no one's surprise, regulators have begun scrutinizing how 529 plans are peddled. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Kara Stapleton |
Dow Jones Combines CRM and News In the race to develop a service for financial advisors that combines content and client communications, Dow Jones is the latest to market with the launch of Dow Jones Wealth Manager Web Services. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
Smiling Through the Pain If Edward Jones reps are dismayed by the firm's record-setting SEC fine and the subsequent dismissal of their managing partner, Doug Hill, they're doing a good job of covering up. |
Registered Rep.
August 29, 2013
Mindy Diamond |
Buying Growth Buying a book of business from a retiring advisor can be a good strategy, but read the fine print, and consider these points. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Kevin Burke |
Edward Jones: Whistle While You Work According to survey results, financial advisors working at this financial firm seem to be living a charmed life. Here's why. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2008
Donna Mitchell |
Which Firms Leave Clients Most Satisfied? It's easy to call clients in good markets, but more important to call them when times are bad. |
CIO
April 1, 2003
Sarah D. Scalet |
Profile: Jones's Next Adventure When recruiters call CIO superstar Dennis Jones, he insists he's done working full time for corporate America. In his spare time, he's on the board of StorageTek, a $2 billion digital storage company based in Louisville, Colo. He's also cooking up a nonprofit organization. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Keeping Up With the Joneses While Edward Jones will likely continue to lose larger producers until it finds another way for them and their wealthier clients, the business of the firm is really about serving the middle market. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2011
Conrad & Konish |
Compensation 2011 While recruiting packages generate a lot of interest, the actual pay that advisors receive from their firms doesn't get as much attention. So once again, On Wall Street has sifted through the payout grids in our industry for a unique comparison of their pay packages. |
Registered Rep.
August 5, 2011
Diana Britton |
New Industry Group Aims to Support Minority Advisors The group will be called the National Association of Minority Retail Registered Representatives and Financial Advisors. |
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015 |
2015 Broker Report Card: Show Me The Money Advisors' gross production varied widely by firm in this year's survey results. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002 |
Warm Bodies Brokerages ranked by number of reps. |
Registered Rep.
April 6, 2004
Will Leitch |
SEC Investigates Edward Jones' Fund Sales Edward Jones--a firm that hasn't attracted much regulatory scrutiny over the years--has been under considerable fire of late, thanks mainly to previously undisclosed revenue-sharing arrangements. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2012
Pat Olsen |
Life Stories: John Rahal of Edward Jones Discusses His Life In 2000, I became a limited partner; in 2004, a regional leader. Three years later I became a principal. I'm part of the firm's management committee. Last year I was appointed to my present position. |
Bank Systems & Technology
September 22, 2008
Peggy Kendler |
Innovative CIOs 2007: Lindsey Now Head of Retail Banking at BancorpSouth In the past year, Michael Lindsey became the head of Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth's retail banking division. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2011
Mike Byrnes |
Pulling Out All Stops Since 2008, the financial services industry has taken a beating-not just in assets under management and performance, but in reputation, as well. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2013
Mason Braswell |
Reporting for Duty: Hiring Military Veterans Many firms have enlisted former military personnel to beef up their employee ranks. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Jones Apparel Gets Hostile Jones Apparel was playing nice. Now, it's going on the open market to buy Maxwell Shoe. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2006
Stephanie Bell |
Going Solo A commercial real estate broker leaves his large brokerage behind to start his own company. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005 |
Registered Rep.'s Broker Report Cards How seven of the nation's largest brokerage firms stack up against each other. |
Registered Rep.
January 9, 2006
Kristen French |
Ed Jones, AG Edwards, Baird: Great to Work For The three regional brokerage firms made Fortune magazine's top 100 companies to work for this year. Brokers at AG Edwards and Edward Jones gave their firms the highest marks for everything from sales support to management to ethics. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2011
Ilana Polyak |
Growing Up It's a situation that continues to perplex investors: If the markets are supposed to reflect the future economic climate, then why have stocks performed so well when the broader economy is anything but robust? |
Information Today
December 31, 2007 |
Dow Jones Combines Business Units Into Single Consulting Service Dow Jones Client Solutions combines the technology, content, and expertise of three former business units into one consulting-services practice. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2008
Rich Smith |
Lindsey Leaves ... Overstock.com announces the retirement of its president Jason Lindsey, to be effective immediately. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 26, 2007
Maria Bruno-Britz |
BancorpSouth's Michael Lindsey Discusses Mobile Banking The SVP and manager of electronic delivery services helps the financial firm become a mover in the mobile banking space. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2003 |
Jones Knowledge Releases Updated Open-License Course Management Software Jones Knowledge Inc. has released the new 2003 version of its free open-license online course management and delivery software, Jones e-education: Software Standard. |
