Volatile markets may be holding recruiting activity back from its breakneck pre-pandemic pace but mergers and acquisitions have more than rebounded from the 2020 low.
The banking giant completes 6-week review of procedures after ‘fake interviews’ fracas.
The legal expenses linked to UBS' Yield Enhancement Strategy, which featured options, appear to be adding up.
Meanwhile, Bank of America, like other large financial institutions that employ advisers, is facing regulatory scrutiny over employees' communications.
Annualized revenue per financial adviser increased at Wells Fargo Advisors, according to second-quarter earnings, even though the market tanked during the first half of this year.
Hassan, who will succeed Tom Naratil as president of UBS Americas, has served as Morgan Stanley’s chief digital officer and led the launch of Schwab’s robo-adviser.
Meanwhile, the firm's wealth management franchise reported positives for the second quarter despite the broad stock market decline seen so far this year.
Iqbal Khan, who had served as co-president of Global Wealth Management with Naratil, was promoted to president. Naureen Hassan will succeed Naratil as president of UBS Americas.
Morgan Stanley revealed its fully armed and operational adviser fintech ecosystem at a recent media event in New York City.
The move would potentially position Iqbal Khan as the eventual successor to CEO Ralph Hamers.
Financial adviser moves are up 3.8% year over year through the first five months of the year but down when compared to their most recent high in 2019.
If the pie keeps growing, wirehouse brokers probably won’t mind getting a relatively smaller slice.
Ongoing discontent, worsened by the pandemic and tech shortfalls, has resulted in 15% of wirehouse advisers and 7% of independent advisers being 'at risk' of exiting their firms in the next two years.
The firm asked for a restraining order against 90-year-old Leonard Bernstein in Oklahoma County District Court Tuesday that would bar him from its offices and from any contact with former colleagues.
Leonard Bernstein is accused of shooting his 61-year-old colleague multiple times in an Oklahoma City branch office.
The award contains two unusual features: $500,000 in punitive damages to the clients and a two-to-one split decision among the three-person panel.
The agency said UBS reps didn't understand the complex product or whether buying it was in a client's best interests.
Mikail Qazi and Timothy Martin are joining UBS Private Wealth Management in Washington, D.C.
Their attorney, Jeffrey Erez, said they were misled by UBS brokers who didn't understand the risky product.
The bank joins a long list of financial backers funding the $130 billion tech-savvy platform for investing in alternatives.
