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50 Top Women in Wealth Management for 2010
By Kate McBrideSelected by an advisory board of distinguished women involved in the wealth management business, the list of the 50 Top Women in Wealth Management...
April 28, 2010
Turning Crisis into Opportunity; RJFS Advisor Shares Blueprint at ConfabNancy Caton of Raymond James Financial Service explains her methods of surviving the financial crisis -- and thriving -- with colleagues during the group's annual meeting in Nashville; her practice is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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...