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.
Moving Client Assets: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Mark ElzweigChanging firms is no longer a one-size-fits-all affair when it comes to the transfer of assets under management.
July 13, 2010
SEC's CIO to RetireCharles Boucher, head of IT for the Securities and Exchange Commission and a former Morgan Stanley executive, is set to leave the financial-services field.
July 12, 2010
Morgan Stanley Attracts Seven Advisors from RivalsThe new Morgan Stanley Smith Barney FAs may bring over close to $5 million in yearly commissions and fees and nearly $560 million in client assets from UBS and Charles Schwab.
July 01, 2010
Financial Planning: Some Advisors Need a BoostAs a new fiduciary standard looks more likely, broker-dealer may want to help financial advisors improve their financial-planning skills and resources, a new Aite survey finds.
July 01, 2010
LPL Financial Shares IPO Plans; On Track to Rival WirehousesLPL Financial filed statements with the SEC in early June 4 to go public with an estimated $600-million stock offering. The independent broker-dealer has 12,026 independent...
June 24, 2010
REFORM DEAL: Fiduciary Standard Can Apply to BrokersIn the latest version of the financial reform bill, the Sentate and House decide that the SEC can put financial advisors/stock brokers under same fiduciary standard as investment advisors -- after study.
June 21, 2010
BofA-Merrill Lynch Rolls Out 'Merrill Edge' Discount-Trading PlatformMerrill Edge aims to help Merrill Lynch clients who want to make some of their own trades and attract younger, up-and-coming investors to the brokerage firm.
June 16, 2010
Barclays Wealth Adds Advisor from Morgan StanleyBarclays Wealth, which bought part of Lehman Brothers in 2008, now has about 250 advisors in the Americas, many of whom are veterans of Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS.