Wirehouses

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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 22, 2018
UBS latest to make push for young, diverse advisers

Wirehouse creates two new training programs and brings in a firm to help it find ethnically diverse candidates.

By Bruce Kelly
WIREHOUSES MAY 17, 2018
Wells Fargo sees slowdown in advisers exiting this year

The 2016 banking scandal and public relations fiasco had alienated some of the firm's advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
WIREHOUSES MAY 15, 2018
California rep files class action suit against Morgan Stanley

Former broker in San Francisco claims firm did not reimburse reps for expenses.

By InvestmentNews
WIREHOUSES MAY 03, 2018
Former broker fined $10,000 and suspended six months over expense account

Now-RIA Joshua Crossman admitted he fibbed to use up Merrill Lynch expense allowance.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH APR 27, 2018
Wirehouses best positioned to benefit from artificial intelligence

The new technology could threaten smaller advisory firms, according to research from Lex Sokolin.

By Ryan W. Neal
WIREHOUSES APR 24, 2018
Merrill Lynch fires Chicago star broker Bruce Lee

A perennial member of Barron's list of top financial advisers, his team managed nearly $3 billion in client assets

By Bruce Kelly
SEC advice rule: Here's what you need to know
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 19, 2018
SEC advice rule: Here's what you need to know

We sifted through the nearly 1,000-page proposal and picked out some of the most important points.

By Greg Iacurci
WIREHOUSES APR 16, 2018
Morgan Stanley's success looks long in the tooth to analyst

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Christian Bolu, concerned over stalled adviser growth and what it means for lending and deposit growth, believes the stock will "under perform."

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 13, 2018
Wells Fargo Advisors continues to bleed reps

In the latest quarter, the broker-dealer suffered a net loss of 145 brokers.

By Bruce Kelly
WIREHOUSES MAR 30, 2018
Morgan Stanley continues its mutual fund overhaul

The firm is working on reducing the number of funds on its platform further and will be converting some funds investors hold from C shares into A shares.

By Bruce Kelly
WIREHOUSES MAR 29, 2018
Morgan Stanley ignored abuse accusations against one of its top brokers: report

Firm looked the other way over Douglas Greenberg's legal run-ins, according to New York Times

By InvestmentNews
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 29, 2018
Merrill Edge looks to hire 300 advisers in 2018

Online brokerage platform also plans to open 600 new investment centers by 2020.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH MAR 22, 2018
What to make of Morgan Stanley's new robo

The brokerage's focus on digital could be a way to retain younger clients or an effort to catch up with Merrill.

By Bruce Kelly
WIREHOUSES MAR 21, 2018
Firms exiting broker protocol will suffer, reps say

Firms that help reps make change are more attractive, Fidelity survey finds.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAR 16, 2018
Stocks of brokerages, insurers rally after DOL rule struck down

Morgan Stanley, LPL and Principal among stocks that climbed higher than market benchmarks Friday.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAR 14, 2018
UBS plans to cut 840 funds from its platform

Broker-dealer will remove about 20% of its 4,200 funds, a trend among wirehouses with several possible reasons behind it.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 14, 2018
Merrill vets ready to recharge breakaway recruiting efforts

After regrouping in wake of broker-protocol exits, Snowden Lane Partners is ready to recruit wirehouse brokers and RIAs.

By Jeff Benjamin
WIREHOUSES MAR 13, 2018
Merrill shakes up group that works with richest clients

Experts dealing with international and private banking clients will now form one team.

By Bruce Kelly
WIREHOUSES MAR 13, 2018
Wirehouse advisers: time to unionize?

If leaving becomes more and more challenging for advisers, their firms may keep cutting compensation to boost returns to shareholders.

By DSARCH
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 09, 2018
UBS shrinks recruiting costs in 2017, boosts adviser pay

Both trends reflect the firm's shift away from recruiting in favor of increasing the compensation of existing brokers.

By Bruce Kelly