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Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	It's in the Bank Wirehouse veterans who have switched to bank brokerages say Wall Street's perception of bank brokerages is stuck in the past, and that the best bank brokerages have become much more competitive in terms of production, assets and compensation.
Registered Rep. June 8, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Wachovia Accelerates Hiring in Private Bank Under plans to expand its private banking presence, Wachovia Securities said it would hire about 300 private bankers over the next three years, more than doubling its number of private banking relationship managers.
Registered Rep. July 28, 2008 Kristen French	Wachovia Could Sell Retail Brokerage: Analysts Analysts point to a record $8.9 billion quarterly loss in the second quarter, but Wachovia says the brokerage isn't for sale.
Registered Rep. May 31, 2007 Kevin Burke	Wachovia Buys A.G. Edwards for $6.8 Billion, Creating New Rival to Merrill, Smith Barney The deal puts Wachovia among the top three competitors in retail brokerage -- in terms of both assets and advisors -- and retail banking.
U.S. Banker November 2009 Steve Garmhausen	Fulton Financial's Recipe for Recovery The bank s sagging brokerage unit reversed its fortunes when it ditched the commissions and switched to a fee-based model. Then it brought in a rainmaker.
Registered Rep. July 21, 2011 Diana Britton	Raymond James Rep Count, Assets Up Amid Tough Recruiting Environment Raymond James Financial's private client group added 20 advisors and reported a $3 billion boost in client assets.
Registered Rep. September 6, 2006 John Churchill	UBS Buys Another Brokerage With the ink still drying on its deal to purchase Piper Jaffray's brokerage arm, Swiss firm UBS announced today it will now buy Cleveland-based McDonald Investments, KeyCorp's brokerage unit.
Registered Rep. October 17, 2011 Kristen French	Wells Fargo Wealth/Brokerage Client Assets Decline; Asset-Based Revenue Up Wells Fargo's wealth brokerage and retirement businesses reported third quarter income of $291 million, up 14 percent versus the year ago quarter, while revenue for the division was down 1 percent from the year ago quarter.
Registered Rep. January 19, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Wells Fargo Brokerage Sees Higher 4Q Assets, Revenue WBR "is an increasingly important growth business for us, and an increasingly important source of cross-selling," Chief Financial Officer Howard Atkins said on a conference call with analysts.
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Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Steve Watkins	Money in the Bank Bank-owned brokerage companies have awakened to the changes they need to make to attract top-shelf talent, and brokers are taking notice.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005	60 Seconds With David Monday Wachovia Securities' new Individual Investor Group leader talks about his plans for the new division.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2006	Is Your Brokerage Insured? Investors looking for brokers should do a little research on insurance first.
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Registered Rep. November 27, 2002 Will Leitch	Going Upstream Prudential gives up bringing the U.S. brokerage model to the Old World.
Registered Rep. January 13, 2003 Gaffen & Geracioti	Wachovia-Prudential: For Real This Time? Can you say Pru-chovia? Prudential Securities and Wachovia Securities are very close to an agreement to join forces, one that was scuttled earlier in the year, reportedly due to differences in who would control the unit.
Registered Rep. February 24, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Wachovia-Pru: What's Next The newly-announced joint venture between Wachovia's retail brokerage and Prudential Securities isn't scheduled to close for another 18 months. But the new company should be able to measure the effectiveness of its broker-retention strategy sooner than that.
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Registered Rep. March 12, 2004 John Churchill	Huge Growth in Fee-Based Brokerage Fee-based brokerage showed faster growth than any other segment of managed accounts over the last four years, according to a new report from Cerulli Associates.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2004 Will Leitch	The End of the World as We Know It? Is the traditional model for securities houses --- investment banking, research, asset management, retail brokerage all coexisting under one roof --- more trouble than it's worth?
Registered Rep. February 3, 2009 John Churchill	Wachovia-UBS Hookup Rumored but Unlikely Here's a possible new twist in the changing financial services landscape: A report in the New York Post raises the possibility of a "joint venture" between the wealth management divisions of Wachovia Securities and UBS.
Registered Rep. February 18, 2003 David A. Geracioti	Prudential and Wachovia Deal at Hand Wachovia Corp. and Prudential Financial are set to announce their long-rumored joint venture, a partnership that would combine the two firms' brokerage units and clearing operations to create the third-largest brokerage (by number of reps) in the United States after Merrill and Morgan.
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Registered Rep. July 19, 2011 Diana Britton	Wells Fargo's Wealth Management Earnings, Headcount Dip but Cross Selling Improves Wells Fargo's wealth, brokerage and retirement business posted slightly lower second-quarter earnings.
Investment Advisor January 2009 Kara P. Stapleton	New Year, Same Issues? It's no secret that the securities and investments industry in 2009 will be shaped by the ramifications of 2008's events.
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Registered Rep. April 20, 2011 Kristen French	Wells Fargo Reports Record Cross-Selling, Asset Inflows Wells Fargo's wealth management division reported stronger earnings, revenues and FA headcount in the first quarter, while cross-selling hit a record and client asset inflows were at their highest since Wells acquired Wachovia in late 2008.
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Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Will Leitch	Institutional Unit Is Schwab's Bright Spot With the job cuts, branch closings and refocusing currently under way at Charles Schwab & Co., there's one area that seems to be safe. Schwab's Institutional unit isn't going anywhere.
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Registered Rep. October 22, 2008	Wachovia Reports Record $24 Billion Loss, Brokerage Results Weak, But With Bright Spots The massive loss was due primarily to declining values in its retail and small business banking divisions. But the retail brokerage and wealth management units didn't fare so well either.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006	Briefs Brokerage Small Business Accounts Inadequate... 401(k) Default Options: Employers Call for Help... Who Loves You?... HSA Market Explodes...
Registered Rep. September 10, 2008	Bank of America to Buy Its ARs Back The nation's second-largest bank by assets settled an investigation by Massachusetts regulators, agreeing to buy back $4.5 billion worth of the securities.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill	Mission USA UBS, with a strong brand name among the wealthy in Europe and Asia, continues to try to stoke some brand awareness among the wealthy here in the U.S.
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Financial Advisor August 2007	Letters to the Editor Unfortunate Depiction... Interesting Murray... What Credentials?... etc.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Wach-Pru: Rock Steady, or Not Ready? Wachovia's courtship of Prudential Securities, for months one of the worst kept secrets on the Street, has come to fruition. Is the new organization capable of competing in the elite league it has entered?
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Registered Rep. November 12, 2004 John Churchill	Schwab to Cut Costs The nation's largest discount brokerage firm, Charles Schwab & Co., is cutting 19 retail branches in favor of smaller, one- or two-broker boutiques, a move the company says will cut costs and more effectively serve clients.
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