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Recovery Slow for Wealth Management Assets: Aite Report
By Michael S. FischerThe U.S. wealth management industry had high hopes pinned on 2010, but a report released Tuesday by Aite Group found, the overall market size of the brokerage and advisory industry had not fully recovered from its losses by year-end.
July 28, 2011
New Hire Roundup: Seilers Join Raymond James and Williams Moves Up, Carson Wealth Launches RIAThis week in new hires, the Seiler brothers went to Raymond James, while Greg Williams was named to a new position there; Carson Wealth Management launched its own RIA; and Aaron Cooper and Richard Perkins went to Putnam.
July 27, 2011
Q2 Earnings: Ameriprise Misses Estimates; No News on Securities America SaleThe number of Ameriprise advisors is 9,663, the company says, and its discontinued operations lost $4 million in the period.
July 27, 2011
Q2 Earnings: LPL Financial Net Revenue Rises 13.1%LPL Investment Holdings Inc., parent company of LPL Financial, reported second quarter net income Wednesday of $45.5 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, up $37.5 million compared to second quarter 2010 net income of $8 million, or $0.08 per diluted share.
July 27, 2011
SEO-Free Marketing; Strategic Marketing for Growth; the Marketing Issue: August Investment Advisor—SlideshowMarketing: You know you need to do it, but many advisors avoid it.
July 27, 2011
Commonwealth Plucks 3 Top-Producing Firms From Securities AmericaIndependent BD adds Tonkinson Financial, Capital Wealth Management and Smallwood Capital.
July 26, 2011
BofA to Expand Merrill Edge AdvisorsBank of America said in mid-June that it planned to nearly double the number of Series 7 financial advisors serving its mass-affluent Merrill Edge client…
July 21, 2011
Q2 Earnings: Morgan Stanley Tops Estimates, Boosts Wealth ResultsMorgan Stanley Smith Barney is ahead of rival Merrill Lynch in FA headcount and average assets but lags in annualized revenue per advisor.