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.
UBS’ Santucci on Training, Recruiting: Weekend Interview
By Janet LevauxPaul Santucci, the wealth-management COO for UBS, shares his views on how UBS continues to attract new reps as well as veterans from rival firms.
December 21, 2011
Ameriprise Adds Morgan Stanley, Other Reps With $565M in AssetsIndependent and employee advisors join Ameriprise Financial in California, New Jersey and Oklahoma
December 20, 2011
Raymond James Adds $425M-plus FAs From Merrill, UBS and Morgan StanleySeven advisors with more than $425 million in assets joined the employee channel of Raymond James in Virginia and Florida.
December 20, 2011
Fixing the 3 Top Mistakes Advisors Tend to Make With Their ClientsAre you enabling your clients to focus on the wrong measures of satisfaction with you and what you offer them? Three common mistakes, and how to ameliorate them for your benefit and your clients'.
December 19, 2011
Financial Advisors and Social Media—Shall We Dance?In advisor and software guru Greg Friedman's premiere blog for AdvisorOne, suggestions on how advisors can make strategic sense out of social media.
December 15, 2011
Morgan Stanley to Cut 1,600 JobsMorgan Stanley is planning to cut roughly 1,600 jobs across the firm in the first quarter to boost results, the company said Thursday.
December 06, 2011
UBS Grabs $1.9M Merrill ProducerBarry Mitchell joins UBS in New York from BofA-Merrill Lynch, where he managed about $290 million in assets.
December 05, 2011
Morgan Stanley CFO: Raise Taxes on WealthyThe U.S. cannot cut its "way to greatness," says Ruth Porat at a New York conference.