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.
Five Lessons on Using Phones and E-Mail from the Emily Post Institute
By Jane Wollman RusoffAccording to Peter Post, director of the Emily Post Institute and author of five etiquette books, "When using cell phones and e-mail, be sure you don't put confidential information out there for the public to see."
April 26, 2010
Stifel to Buy Thomas Weisel; Would Have 1,900 FAs, $100 Bn AUM after MergerDeal should give Stifel more private-equity products and Silicon-Valley clients, as well as about $1.6 billion in yearly sales.
April 23, 2010
Morgan Stanley's Branch Plans: Consolidation to 750 Offices in U.S.In the latest quarter (ended March 30, 2010), MSSB had 18,140 financial advisors, down a tad from 18,135 in the fourth quarter of 2009 and 18,444 in the second quarter of 2009.
April 19, 2010
How Baird Keeps Hiring Wirehouse AdvisorsDenise Wypiszenski, COO of Baird Private Wealth Management, explains the advantages wirehouse and other advisors find in joining the broker-dealer, which now includes 670 advisor associates.
April 19, 2010
Six Things Not to Tell a Branch ManagerConversations between branch managers and prospective hires should not include any of the following gaffes.
April 12, 2010
Baird Grabs Smith Barney FA; Will Head New Portland OfficePerez has 29 years of industry experience, 23 of which were in branch-management roles at Smith Barney, Shearson Lehman Brothers and E.F. Hutton in Oregon and Northern California.
April 01, 2010
Wells Fargo to Stage Vote on Exec CompWells Fargo's board of directors said in late February that its stockholders will have the opportunity to cast a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation...
April 01, 2010
UBS Adds Tax OverlayUBS reports that it now offers a Personalized Tax Management Overlay for a selection of multi-asset portfolios on its Private Wealth Solutions separately managed...