Wirehouse Firms
Learn the ins and outs of the wirehouse channel, including news, analysis and more on Bank of America-Merrill, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and UBS.
Morgan Stanley Team Goes Hybrid via LPL
By Janet LevauxThe group, one of the largest teams in San Diego, left Morgan Stanley Smith Barney recently to set up an independent wealth-management firm, Ibis Capital. The firm plans to retain about 80 client relationships.
March 08, 2012
Direct Firms Can Grow Through Managed Accounts: CerulliIn its managed accounts edition of The Cerulli Edge, the company finds that even as wirehouse market share declines, that of the direct channel is growing steadily, if not at a breakneck pace. The reason? Direct providers are able to keep their existing self-directed clients interested by providing managed accounts...
March 05, 2012
Billion-Dollar Merrill Private Banking Team Joins HighTowerThe $1 billion Merrill Lynch private banking team joined Chicago-based RIA HighTowers New York office on Friday.
March 02, 2012
Baird Boosts Recruiting as Reps Boost Sales 12.5%Milwaukee-based Baird now includes about 700 financial advisors, says Matthew Curley, national sales director and COO of Bairds private-wealth management operations.
March 02, 2012
Raymond James Grabs Two Merrill Teams in SoutheastA team joins the employee channel with $2.7 million in production and $853 million in assets, while the indie advisors have production of about $860,000 and total assets of $140 million.
March 02, 2012
Charles Goldman to Advisors: Be Paranoid About Your BusinessFormer Schwab, Fidelity executive warns SSG advisors at conference to avoid arrogance, focus on forming a vision for their firms and not to overlook power of wirehouses.
March 01, 2012
Wall St. Bonuses Taking 14% Beatdown, Could’ve Been Much WorseBut these declines, reported by the New York Comptroller, are much smaller than the fall in profits, experts say.
February 29, 2012
Merrill Edge Rolls Out Portfolio SeriesBofA's new mass-affluent products have a 1% yearly fee and a $20,000 minimum balance.