A wild ride: The major changes in the broker-dealer world since July 2008
Sept.25: Just days after bolting from ING Advisors Group, where he was CEO of Multi-Financial Securities Corp., Patrick McEvoy (above) is hired as president and CEO of Woodbury Financial Services Inc., the broker-dealer of The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
Sept. 30: Ameriprise Financial Inc. announces that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the long-term-asset-management business of Columbia Management Group LLC from Bank of America Corp. for approximately $1 billion in cash.