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Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Hired and Fired Up The biggest brokerage businesses are showing that even in a modest market upswing they now have in place a strategy for delivering stronger and steadier sales and earnings growth.
On Wall Street September 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	On Life Support a Year Ago, Merrill Pays for Top Producers Merrill, under BofA, seems to be on the hunt to add to its ranks, and it's offering a very competitive package that has almost unlimited upside for top producers.
Registered Rep. November 9, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Mulholland Leaves as Co-Head of Merrill's U.S. Group Bob Mulholland, second-in-command in Merrill Lynch's brokerage unit, has surprisingly left the firm for retirement.
Registered Rep. August 4, 2009 French & Churchill	Dan Sontag Departs Merrill Lynch Much beloved by Merrill financial advisors, Dan Sontag is stepping down as head of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Gaffen & Geracioti	The Future of the Industry The broker has to be a person who can handle every aspect of a client's financial life. The broker must evolve into a kind of chief financial officer for the client -- managing everything from investments to insurance to estate planning to mortgage banking.
Registered Rep. November 30, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	Report: Merrill Edge Threatens Online and Regional Brokers, Not Its Own FAs A new report by research firm Aite Group this week, sees Bank of America Merrill Lynch's recently expanded online brokerage business -- as a serious challenge to the online business of powerhouses such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	Reshuffling the Decks There is an unusual amount of reorganization afoot, with Merrill, Wachovia, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney all shaking up their retail brokerage operations. Some of the moves have direct implications for retail advisors.
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Howard J. Stock	Back Office Move Has Advisors Up In Arms -- Some Bolt Questions surround what will happen to BAI clients when Merrill moves their accounts from National Financial to Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep. April 15, 2011 Kristen French	Merrill Earnings Strongest Since Bank of America Takeover Bank of America's Global Wealth and Investment Management division, which includes Merrill Lynch, reported its highest earnings since Bank of America's takeover of Merrill in late 2008, as asset management and brokerage fees rose.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Is Wall Street Abandoning Main Street? Are the major brokerage firms losing interest in the everyday investor who has been the very foundation of many of its successes?
Registered Rep. October 1, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	Who Will be Number One Among the Wirehouses? A good old-fashioned Wall Street fight for retail assets -- and a fierce tussle over which firm can call itself the Number One retail wealth management firm on Wall Street -- is brewing.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Merrill Watching Consolidation with Eyes Wide Open James Gorman, head of Merrill Lynch's private client group, believes the brokerage industry will continue to consolidate in the coming years.
Registered Rep. April 15, 2009 Kristen French	Bank of America Launches Client Referral Program It's one of several referral programs the bank is putting together as part of its integration with Merrill Lynch, including one that would offer leads from the commercial banking division to certain Merrill Lynch advisors.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Giants Among us Debbie Jorgensen's book is pushing a half billion dollars, but the true measure of her success is this: She now gets to tell her company's bosses what to do. Jorgensen, with nearly two decades of experience at Merrill Lynch, has recently been appointed head of the firm's advisory committee to management.
On Wall Street September 1, 2009 Frances A. McMorris	She's Back! Krawcheck Takes On Merrill Sallie Krawcheck has made her return to the financial advisory world with a splash. As the new head of Bank of America's Global Wealth Management and Investment Management unit, she takes Merrill Lynch under her wing.
Registered Rep. April 13, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Merrill Reports Record Quarter Merrill Lynch reported earnings of $1.3 billion for the first quarter of 2004, a 95 percent increase from the same period a year ago.
Registered Rep. September 15, 2008 Kristen French	Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors.
Registered Rep. January 6, 2009	Sontag Takes McCann's Job At Merrill More shocking to Merrill Lynch advisors than the sudden departure of their leader is the disappearance of the "MER" logo from their computer screens.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2002 David A. Gaffen	Light A Candle, or Curse the Darkness For brokers and financial advisors, 2002 may be remembered as the year in which those who knew they had the right stuff redoubled their efforts to elevate their skills and become the kind of advisors who could survive the bear market and build a 21st century practice.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2002 Ross Tucker	Happy Holidays! You're Fired. The ax will fall at year's end for some 700 of 13,500 Morgan Stanley brokers. Some branches will be closed entirely.
Registered Rep. October 5, 2009 Kristen French	Merrill Launches Branding Campaign; Recruiting Net Positive The new campaign Monday will cost the firm $20 million in the fourth quarter, the most Merrill has ever spent on marketing.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Kristen French	The Wealth Management Quest Are you really a wealth manager? Do you know what the phrase really means? It pays to know, because a new compensation report shows only 8% of advisors -- across all business channels -- actually fit the bill.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Meet the New Boss, Different From the Old Boss November's news that Bob Mulholland was leaving Merrill Lynch wasn't entirely a surprise. He had been co-head of the 14,000-strong retail brokerage unit, but Merrill insiders figured all along that only one boss would prevail.
Registered Rep. October 30, 2003	Merrill CEO: We're Hiring Stan O'Neal, chairman and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch, says the company is accelerating its hiring of financial advisors.
Registered Rep. November 18, 2005 Kristen French	Smith Barney Cuts Pay for Smaller Brokers The new pay scale was announced to brokers internally in October and will take effect in January.
Investment Advisor November 2009 Kathleen M. McBride	Merrill's Big Plans The importance of culture at the organization is what Sallie Krawcheck spoke of at her first press conference as president of Global Wealth Management & Investment Management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep. April 16, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Merrill Advisor Defections Flat In Q1, Profit Falls Profits were down last quarter at Merrill Lynch but the brokerage's performance still helped to lift the fortunes of its new parent, Bank of America Corp.
Registered Rep. August 13, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Merrill Grabs Advisors Producing $5.5 million From Rival UBS Merrill Lynch won big last week in the aggressive industry-wide recruiting war for top advisors.
On Wall Street July 1, 2009 Frances A. McMorris	The Lure of Independence After 14 years as a Merrill Lynch financial advisor, Jason DiLauro set himself up as an independent through Raymond James Financial Services four miles from his previous office.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kristen French	Merrill Lynch: Still Wirehouse Queen Merrill reps like what they see. This year, the firm kept top honors among wirehouses in the Broker Report Card surveys, and beat its own overall score from last year.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Merrill Takes it To the Bank One of Merrill Lynch's major initiatives in the coming year will be to continue to attract clients to the firm's expanded banking service, known as Beyond Banking.
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008	Merrill Reps: Waiting For Retention News Brokers were told they would be offered retention packages, but no further details have been offered so far.
Registered Rep. March 15, 2012 Kristen French	Did the $5 Debit Card Fee Prompt the Merrill Exodus? Bank of America Merrill Lynch has been bleeding top brokers in the past six months, just as many industry observers predicted.
Registered Rep. August 26, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Is McCann Close to a Deal with UBS? Bloomberg is reporting that Bob McCann, the former head of Merrill Lynch's brokerage unit, is nearing a deal with his old employer that will allow him to take a job running UBS's wealth management unit.
Registered Rep. August 26, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	Neck And Neck, Morgan and Merrill On Hiring Sprees Both firms say they plan to add net financial advisors in 2010, adding to stated plans to sign up 2,000 trainees each this year.
Registered Rep. April 17, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney Losing Advisors, Client Assets But while Smith Barney is losing reps, it also appears to be recruiting heavily.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 Kristen French	James Gorman's First Marking Period In his first four months as head of Morgan Stanley's brokerage unit, James Gorman wasted no time showing that a new regime was in place. But he hasn't convinced all the troops that it's worth sticking around to see how his turnaround plans play out.
Registered Rep. August 6, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Advisors Welcome Mortgage Rollout Financial advisors at UBS Wealth Management Americas closely watched this week as the U.S. brokerage rolled out plans to sell more of its own mortgage and lending products through its retail brokerage force.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Clean Machines Not all of these Top 50 Advisors have spotless records, but their ability to build such huge practices speaks to how astute they are in avoiding the sorts of complaints that can bring an advisory to its knees.
Registered Rep. April 19, 2006 Kevin Burke	Merrill's Brokerage Earnings Up Pretax earnings at Merrill Lynch's global private client group rose 27% in the first quarter ending March 31 to $646 million, up from $510 million in the same period a year ago. As might be expected, the division's headcount increased along with profits.
Registered Rep. February 16, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: LaMothe Takes Swipe at BofA, Does 180 on Value of Bank-Brokerage Tie Ups Lyle LaMothe, former head of retail brokerage Merrill Lynch, claims that Merrill advisors are leaving the firm because they are being pushed to sell the whole bank instead of focus on wealth management and what's best for their clients.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	Bank of America Ramps Up Online Brokerage Bank of America is making a push into electronic brokerage services, a menu that includes free online trading and a new platform called Merrill Edge, set to debut in late June. Some say the new services will steal business from Merrill advisors.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 John Churchill	More, More, More Faced with growing competition from other advice providers and fewer inherent advantages in the way of products and platform capabilities, wirehouse brokers will feel pressure to do more fee-based business and to make wealthier clients a bigger part of their practice.
Registered Rep. January 20, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Wealth Management Has Strong Fourth Quarter At Morgan, BofA Neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney nor Bank of America ended 2009 with a bang in the earnings department. But their wealth management units were pockets of strength.
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Moore & Mildenberg	In the Battle of the Big Brokers, Merrill Is Winning Merrill Lynch earns higher profits with fewer advisers, thanks to a smooth integration with Bank of America and more cross-selling.
Registered Rep. April 20, 2010 Kristen French	Merrill Won't Seek Growth Through Top Tier Advisor Hires Merrill Lynch plans to grow primarily by investing in current advisors and hiring rookies, said Merrill Lynch president of Global Wealth and Investment Management Sallie Krawcheck on Tuesday.
Bank Technology News March 2011 John Adams	Self Service With An Edge When it comes to attracting wealth management clients, the new focus is entirely on control - specifically giving control to customers via electronic channels.
Registered Rep. January 24, 2007 John Churchill	Another Good Year for the Brokerage Industry Fourth-quarter earnings reports are just now rolling in, and they're even better than expected. And it's not just Wall Street's investment-banking divisions that are reeling it in.
Registered Rep. October 24, 2008 John Churchill	Merrill Retention Is Adequate for Top Dogs, Scanty for Lower-Tier Producers The long-awaited Merrill Lynch retention package has arrived. Not surprisingly, top producers will probably be pleased, but others may not.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 John Churchill	Earnings Forecast: Clouds Give Way to Sun The past year's earnings troubles belie the brokerage industry's sunny prospects for 2005. For advisors, the industry's recent troubles have translated into fewer jobs, but many firms are recruiting aggressively again.