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Gorman Tapped as Morgan Stanley CEO
By Janet LevauxMorgan Stanley's Board of Directors has announced that Co-President James P. Gorman will become the firm's CEO, effective January 1, 2010, while Chairman and CEO...
October 01, 2009
High-End ServiceOpus Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; San Francisco; AUM: $4 billion. Grant W. Lee, DIRECTOR of WEALTH MANAGEMENT, SENIOR INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTANT, CORPORATE CLIENT GROUP DIRECTOR. Tony daRoza,...
October 01, 2009
The Compensation ConversationWhen it comes to compensation, most advisors will be delighted to put 2009 in the rear view. After all, industry experts are predicting that...
October 01, 2009
Wells Fargo Doubles Recruiting; Starts a New Ad CampaignWells Fargo Advisors Recruited 545 veteran financial advisors in the first eight months of 2008 and has nearly doubled that figure in the same period...
October 01, 2009
Leveraged, Short ETFs Under AttackThe first iteration of leveraged and short ETFs was introduced in 2006. And from that moment, these particular ETFs have captured the fancy of investors...
October 01, 2009
2009 ETF Advisor Hall of Fame: Pioneers in Portfolio ManagementWe proudly present Research magazine's third-annual ETF Hall of Fame. Welcome! There's no question that exchange-traded funds are revolutionizing the investment world. Their proliferation is unstoppable,...
September 22, 2009
Advisors, Assets in MotionAfter the financial turmoil of 2008, the consultancy Cerulli predicts more than $800 billion will be transferred between distributors in 2009 as a result of advisors changing firms.
September 22, 2009
What Advisors Can Teach the SECInstead of lashing out at broker-dealers, the SEC should begin to examine how the brokerage industry has moved ahead of the curve to re-shape recruitment packages and to tie performance and asset retention to bonuses.