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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.
FINRA's Susan Axelrod Heads to Merrill
By Melanie WaddellAfter 28 years as a regulator, Axelrod will start a new role in May.
March 26, 2018
Advisor on Active Military Duty Fights Morgan Stanley Over Arb CaseLt. Cmdr. Harvey R. Klyce lost a false-inducement case against Morgan Stanley. The SEC is his last hope, he tells ThinkAdvisor.
March 23, 2018
Top 14 Finance & Insurance Companies With Happiest WorkersThinkAdvisor curated PayScale's Hero Award list that encompasses more than 62,000 employers in the U.S., extracting just the finance and insurance companies with the most satisfied full-time employees.
March 23, 2018
BofA Merrill to Pay $42M Over Secret Electronic-Trading Deals That Included Madoff SecuritiesFrom 2008 to 2013, the bank did not tell institutional clients it was routing 16 million equity orders to electronic liquidity providers.
March 22, 2018
What Advisors Think About the Broker ProtocolFidelity surveyed advisors on their top concerns about making the switch to another firm or to independence.
March 21, 2018
Industry Advised to Continue to Comply With DOL Rule Amid Uncertainty After RulingWhile the Trump administration might drop its defense of the fiduciary rule, most experts predict an appeal.
March 20, 2018
Goldman Sachs Expands Online Lending Program to LPL ClientsLPL advisors can use the program to help clients borrow against the value of their accounts without liquidating their assets.
March 20, 2018
Wells Fargo Denies FBI Reviewed Wealth UnitQuestioning was conducted by company-hired lawyers, not the FBI, an exec says, but nonetheless 'clients are commenting on this,' says Danny Sarch.