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New Hire Roundup: Wedbush Private Client Services Group Adds Wright
By Marlene Y. SatterAlso this week in new hires, Lance Losey and Mary Welk joined Ascent Private Capital Management and Michael Millman joined The Private Client Reserve in San Francisco.
October 17, 2012
BofA Earnings Beats Estimates, but Advisors’ Sales SlowAs bank sees plunge in profits from last year's Q3, the number of Merrill Lynch advisors drops by one from the previous quarter to 17,533.
October 17, 2012
RBS Leaves U.K. Asset Protection PlanRoyal Bank of Scotland Group has paid 2.5 billion pounds ($4 billion) to the British government to insure its riskiest assets and agreed to exit the Asset Protection Scheme.
October 16, 2012
Baird Grabs 7 Reps With $970M as Janney Adds New ManagerThe new Baird reps join from Morgan Stanley, Citi and other firms.
October 11, 2012
PIMCO’s Total Return ETF Races to Record $3 Billion in AssetsThe fund run by legendary bond manager Bill Gross is among the 10 top-selling ETFs this year.
October 09, 2012
Julius Baer May Cut 1,000 Jobs After Merrill AcquisitionThe bank seeks to reduce its workforce by 15%18%, now that it has a combined staff of some 5,700 in the wake of its acquisition of Bank of America-Merrill Lynchs former U.S. wealth management units.
October 04, 2012
Top 10 Biggest ETF SponsorsAs the Morningstar ETF Invest conference rolled along, a Cerulli report listed the biggest ETFs and also showed that new entrants into the market had a tough slog.
October 02, 2012
LPL Grabs Firm With 15 Advisors, $750M in AssetsWashington Wealth Management, an independent hybrid RIA based in San Diego, announced Tuesday that it was affiliating with LPL Financial.