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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. March 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
Our Diversity Problem Is there rampant discrimination on Wall Street or is it just a few bad apples giving the industry a bad name? Either way, the industry's efforts to hire -- and promote -- women and minorities have not produced impressive results. |
Registered Rep. December 11, 2002 Ross Tucker |
Merrill Program Seeks to Boost Women and Minority Advisors Executives from Merrill Lynch's global diversity group say the firm has to do a better job in retaining and boosting the performance of women and minority financial advisors. |
Registered Rep. February 13, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Raymond James Ramping Up Its RIA with New Leadership, Investment The new president, Bill Van Law, said the company plans to make a significant investment in the business in the months ahead. |
On Wall Street March 19, 2013 Bill Willis |
Recruiter's Tour of Raymond James Morgan Keegan employees were required to make a home office visit after their firm was acquired by Raymond James. |
Registered Rep. October 20, 2011 Diana Britton |
Raymond James Posts Flat Earnings, Record Advisor Productivity in Fiscal Q4 CEO Paul Reilly said the private client group had strong performance driven by record advisor productivity. |
Registered Rep. April 21, 2011 Diana Britton |
Raymond James Adds Assets, Loses Advisors Raymond James Financial's Private Client Group led the firm's growth in the second quarter. |
Registered Rep. November 14, 2011 Diana Britton |
Raymond James Hopes New Training Program Will Appeal to Women Bob Patrick, director of education and development for Raymond James, said the industry has become more relationship- and planning-oriented, rather than product-oriented, and this model fits well with how women work. |
On Wall Street March 1, 2012 Lorie Konish |
Go,Teams! When Hilliard Lyons introduced its current team-based award program in its compensation program five years ago, it led to what Executive Vice President Darryl Metzger now calls an "A-HA" moment for the firm. |
Registered Rep. July 21, 2011 Diana Britton |
Raymond James Rep Count, Assets Up Amid Tough Recruiting Environment Raymond James Financial's private client group added 20 advisors and reported a $3 billion boost in client assets. |
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. |
Registered Rep. March 28, 2006 David Geracioti |
Broker/dealer Recruiting and Retention (Transcript from "New York Times Job Market Roundtable" with Registered Rep.) Best Practices in Recruitment and Retention of Financial Planners -- a roundtable discussion with industry experts on the evolving role of the financial advisor. |
Registered Rep. February 24, 2012 Diana Britton |
Some Morgan Keegan FAs Eager for Raymond James' Social Media Tools For some Morgan Keegan advisors, Raymond James is dangling a fairly tasty technological carrot: Immediate access to an advanced social media content, archiving and distribution platform. |
Registered Rep. December 3, 2013 Megan Leonhardt |
Out From Under A rising market lifts many spirits, including advisor satisfaction with the firm that employs them. |
Financial Advisor May 2004 Raymond Fazzi |
Niche Players Provide More Choices For Advisors Many are trying hard to differentiate themselves---and are succeeding. |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep. July 22, 2010 Christina Mucciolo |
Raymond James Financial and Wells Fargo Retail Brokerage Units Hang In There A report on earnings from two major financial firms. |
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. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2011 Lorie Konish |
Pursuing Recovery and Profitability When volatility hit the markets in August following Standard & Poor's downgrade of U.S. debt, it left investors and their financial advisors scrambling. How ready are firms and advisors to apply the lessons learned in those dark days? |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2014 Mindy Diamond |
Culture: Hard to Define, Impossible to Ignore Advisors looking to compare and contrast their own firm to others, often see all similarly situated firms as one and the same. A firm's culture is the one thing that is not a commodity. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Ann Marsh |
Women Advisors Forum/Chicago: Strategizing to Grow Top female advisors from across America will gather in Chicago on June 12 for a one-day intensive session at SourceMedia's next Women Advisors Forum to share the secrets and strategies they use to boost their practices. |
Registered Rep. May 31, 2013 Megan Leonhardt |
The Guru Bella Allaire understands the best technological tools are the ones you notice the least. Her work at Raymond James is using technology to bring clients and advisors closer together. |
Registered Rep. November 30, 2012 Diana Britton |
Withering Wirehouses? Not Quite. Many industry propellerheads have forecasted an exodus of wirehouse advisors to the independent channel as retention bonuses unwind this year. |
Registered Rep. April 24, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Raymond James Takes a 2Q Hit -- But Gains Retail Advisors Raymond James Financial posted dismal overall earnings for the second quarter, but its private client group appears to be a bright spot. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Howard J. Stock |
Back Office Move Has Advisors Up In Arms -- Some Bolt Questions surround what will happen to BAI clients when Merrill moves their accounts from National Financial to Merrill Lynch. |
Financial Advisor May 2012 |
Satisfaction A job satisfaction study by J.D. Power found that financial advisors' happiness with their work is most dependent on their firm's performance. |
Registered Rep. December 21, 2012 Megan Leonhardt |
Looking Back, 2012 A Mixed Bag For Wirehouses Assets mostly were up, but advisors are on the move. |
Registered Rep. April 2, 2012 Diana Britton |
It's Official: Morgan Keegan Advisors Now Work for Raymond James The next step in the integration process will be to roll out Raymond James' products and services to Morgan Keegan advisors. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Carmen Wong Ulrich |
What's Next for Diversity The face of financial planners is changing. As go the shifting demographics of this country, so goes financial planning. |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Angela Herbers |
Marketing Is Everyone's Job Following are ideas for advisors to incorporate into their strategic marketing initiatives. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2011 |
Who's News Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Wells Fargo advisor Adam Gurien... Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has hired a team of Wells Fargo Advisors...Raymond James & Associates hires three advisors in Hingham, Mass... more... |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2011 Kristen French |
Broker Report Card 2011: It's Getting Better All the Time Registered Rep.'s 21st annual Broker Report Cards showed advisor satisfaction ratings creeping higher this year across the board -- on everything from compensation and benefits, compliance support and sales support to products. |
Investment Advisor May 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
B/D Briefing: Pick Three In a recent reader survey, when asked where reps would go if they were to consider moving to another B/D, three firms were consistently mentioned: Commonwealth Financial Network, LPL Financial Services and Raymond James Financial Services. Here's why. |
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. |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
A Self-Imposed Barrier for Advisors Serving South Asian Clients The two issues that advisors interested in serving clients from the South Asian diaspora need to understand are: family and community. |
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Helen Kearney |
Compensation 2010 Your definitive guide to the changes in advisor compensation across the industry. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Howard J. Stock |
Talent Shortage Grips Firms As Financial Advisors Age After years of recruiting only established, top advisors in the so-called "war for talent" instead of hiring younger employees and training them, the industry is now facing a shortage. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2012 Bill Willis |
Firms Recruit Top Advisors Instead of Developing Their Own Advisors need to feel the love from their firms and their branch managers |
On Wall Street February 1, 2011 Lorie Konish |
Will Advisors' Game Of Musical Chairs End Soon? The market crisis that began several years prompted a frantic game of musical chairs as firms and advisors sought their most competitive matches. |
Financial Advisor December 2006 Tracey Longo |
Women's Work To get constant feedback from women producers on what they need and want to work smarter, Raymond James formed a 12-member Women's Advisory Council that assists the firm in building out its programs and resources for women. |
On Wall Street August 1, 2012 |
Who's News: Recent Hirings Stifel Nicolaus has hired Richard Ward in Irvine, Calif... Wells Fargo Advisors nabbed five new advisors with $849 million in client assets... Raymond James' employee broker-dealer arm, Raymond James & Associates, has hired Tom Ford and Jeff Jones in Peoria, Ill., from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney... |
On Wall Street June 1, 2013 Braswell & Konish |
Leaders: Ranking the Top Wirehouses and Regional Broker-Dealers This year, the leading wirehouse and regional wealth management firms took the steps necessary to ensure they reap rewards as markets hit new highs. |
Registered Rep. January 23, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Raymond James Lookin' Good--But For How Long? The folks at Raymond James have something to smile about -- the company posted positive numbers for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, and managed to beat some analysts' expectations. |
Financial Advisor August 2006 Tracey Longo |
Late Summer Recruiting While the recruiting party will get tougher some day for broker-dealers who cater to independent advisors and reps, for now they are enjoying their competitive advantage: They give brokers and advisors who want to own their own business the chance to do that. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 John Churchill |
Fighting for Dollars The retail brokerage model in the U.S. is flawed. Why? Because advisors get too much of the revenue pie. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Pay Twice for Advice There's nothing inherently wrong with paying for financial advice. But there's a big difference between paying once for a good financial plan versus paying high fees year after year, through good times and bad. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2013 Mason Braswell |
Raymond James' New Breed Pushes Ahead After Morgan Keegan Acquisition The acquisition of Morgan Keegan added hundreds to Raymond James wealth management ranks one year ago. Branch Manager Robert Brewer reveals how he made the transition. |
Registered Rep. December 2, 2014 Megan Leonhardt |
Drivers of Advisor Satisfaction: Technology And Efficiency Financial advisors are known to harbor a strong streak of independence and autonomy, and aren't shy when it comes to letting their opinions be known, both good and bad. |
Financial Advisor June 2008 Tracey Longo |
Swimming Upstream California investment advisor John Threlkeld has been working diligently to serve wealthier and wealthier investors, even purchasing two other advisors' practices and turning all but his top clients over to a junior planner. |