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Registered Rep.
July 21, 2005
Kristen French |
On the Gossip Trail: Mack to Replace Schaefer--But With Whom? When Morgan Stanley announced that the head of its struggling retail brokerage unit was stepping down, Wall Street immediately began speculating about who will be chosen as his successor -- and what that successor might augur for the retail brokerage.   |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Star Wars Recruiting competition between the top brokerage firms is fiercer than ever, and Morgan Stanley is currently wielding one of the most powerful deals on Wall Street. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Morgan Brokers Still Heading for Exits There has been a parade of top brokers who have left Morgan Stanley in recent months. The losses, which began under embattled former CEO Phil Purcell, have not abated since his replacement, John Mack, arrived in June. |
Registered Rep.
July 28, 2005
Kristen French |
Morgan Confirms Trainee, Broker Cutbacks In an internal memo, co-president Zoe Cruz announced the company would reduce the number of trainees it hires to 1,000 in 2006, from 2,400 this year, while continuing to recruit experienced brokers who focus on high-net-worth clients. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Apres Purcell--Le Spinoff? Now that Morgan Stanley's CEO has given up, the future of the old Dean Witter organization is in question. Morgan Stanley remains under pressure to improve profitability and its stock price. |
Registered Rep.
August 17, 2005
Kristen French |
Gorman to the Rescue? Now that James Gorman has been selected as the future head of Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage, what will he do to turn it around, and can he pull it off? |
Registered Rep.
February 21, 2006
Kristen French |
At Morgan Stanley, the Gorman Era Dawns At Merrill, James Gorman was able to take a top team and make it more effective -- at Morgan Stanley, he inherits a demoralized, decimated sales force that trails its peers in assets under management, productivity and profit margins. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Morgan Stanley: Tomorrow Is Another Day In this survey, the management upheaval and culling of broker ranks shows in the grades Morgan brokers give their firm. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Morgan Ups Offer to Prospective Candidates Industry recruiters say the firm has in recent weeks increased the upfront cash offered to top producers, while adding larger bonuses based on the first two years of production. |
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 12, 2005
Kristen French |
Morgan Pink-Slips Brokers, Clients Reassigned New Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack made his first big move on Morgan's rank-and-file this week, instructing branch managers to dismiss approximately 1,000 brokers. |
Registered Rep.
June 28, 2005
Kristen French |
Mack as CEO Could be Retail Champion John Mack, the rumored favorite of Morgan Stanley's board for the CEO slot, could be a blessing for the firm's retail brokers if he gets the job. |
Registered Rep.
June 30, 2005
John Churchill |
Mack Back, Officially John Mack, former head of Morgan Stanley, returns hoping to quiet employee dissent and questions in the media about the firm's direction. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Gorman to the Rescue? Morgan Stanley brokers should expect a revolution when James Gorman takes the helm of the retail unit. |
Registered Rep.
November 21, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
Morgan Stanley Firing 950 Brokers Morgan Stanley is firing 950 brokers, according to the various sources. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Morgan's Training Makeover Morgan Stanley is in the midst of a major redesign of its rookie training program, the latest in a string of moves by retail head James Gorman to revamp the brokerage operation and make it more profitable. |
Registered Rep.
September 13, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Morgan Joins Inter-Brokerage TRO Pact This firm has officially opted to join the inter-brokerage pact, which stipulates that members will not sue brokers departing to other firms when they try to take their clients with them -- as long as they are moving to another firm named in the pact. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Morgan Joins TRO Pact Morgan Stanley has officially opted to join the inter-brokerage pact, first created in the fall of 2004, which stipulates that members will not sue brokers departing to other firms when they try to take their clients with them. |
Registered Rep.
April 8, 2004
Joan Warner |
Trouble In The House That Purcell Built? After suffering through a cruel bear market, Morgan Stanley has come under regulatory scrutiny and legal fire for practices in several key businesses in the past two years, including mutual fund sales. |
Registered Rep.
March 30, 2006
Kristen French |
Gorman Wields Knife Again Yesterday, new Morgan Stanley retail chief James Gorman unleashed a fresh round of cuts -- with more expected shortly -- as part of his efforts to right the faltering brokerage operation. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2007 |
Gorman Gets It An interview with Morgan Stanley's James Gorman about the improvement in morale at the firm, what it took to get brokers turned around, what he still needs to accomplish and how Morgan is different from the rest of its Wall Street peers. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2005
John Churchill |
Money for Maturity A shaky market environment in 2004 didn't stop the largest brokerage firms from fighting tooth-and-nail for the best reps, and, heading into 2005, similar rules apply. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
An Employer's Market It's a hirer's market out there, but brokerage firms have not stopped recruiting. In fact, although it is quieter than usual, many firms are still willing to pony up big bucks in hopes of attracting top-shelf talent. |
Registered Rep.
December 21, 2005
Kristen French |
For Morgan Retail, Fourth Quarter a Mixed Bag; More Purcell Directors Resign Despite a number of changes made to improve corporate governance at Morgan Stanley early this year, the board has come in for plenty of heat. The firm continues to lose talent and is paying out the nose to bring on new top producers. |
Registered Rep.
August 10, 2005
Kristen French |
Sources: Morgan Cuts Slated for Thursday Morgan Stanley's human resources department created a performance-based formula for selecting the 1000 people to let go. |
Registered Rep.
August 2, 2005
Kristen French |
Mack to Morgan Brokers: `Don't Kiss My Ass' For Morgan Stanley brokers, the kind of flattery that Philip Purcell seemed to demand during his tenure isn't going to work on John Mack. |
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. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2011 |
Recruiting's Next Big Challenge A conversation with industry headhunters about the job market for financial advisors. |
Registered Rep.
March 3, 2006
Halah Tourylai |
Third Wirehouse Coughs Up Millions In Overtime Cases Yesterday, Morgan Stanley became the third wirehouse, after Merrill Lynch and UBS, to settle class action suits with California brokers over overtime pay in the past seven months -- the second in three weeks. |
Registered Rep.
February 23, 2007
Kevin Burke |
Disgruntled Smith Barney Brokers Are Voting with Their Feet Sixty-nine brokers left Smith Barney, just ahead of a three-day weekend. Fridays before a long weekend are historically prime times for unhappy brokers to make a clean break, but the large number of brokers taking off on a single day is alarming. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Bonus Bait Morgan Stanley is planning to offer bonuses to brokers who expand their production in 2006. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2011
Lorie Konish |
Expect a New Wave of Advisor Movement Even with rumblings that Wall Street firms could brace for cost cuts and layoffs this summer, competition for top wealth management talent is poised to remain strong. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
September 10, 2009
Kristen French |
Gorman Grabs Morgan Stanley CEO Slot James Gorman, the former head of Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage division and now co-president of the firm, is slated to take over the CEO job in January, 2010. |
Registered Rep.
November 22, 2005
John Churchill |
For Merrill and Smith Barney Acquisitions, It's Wait n' See The financial firms' respective purchases would have added hundreds of regional brokers to their retail brokerage units, but many of these departing brokers have decided they don't want to work for a big firm and are finding sweet recruiting deals at smaller shops. |
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.
March 16, 2006
Kristen French |
Gorman Streamlines Morgan, Brings on Merrill Friends In his first step as head of retail brokerage at Morgan Stanley, James Gorman has streamlined the firm's regional office structure -- reducing regional offices to four from eight and cutting out one layer of management. |
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. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2010 |
The Hire Powers Speak Out Headhunters open up about hiring, entrepreneurial mindsets, and wirehouse business models. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
Morgan Stanley Boosts Pay for Fee Business Morgan Stanley unveiled a new compensation plan for brokers that rewards fee-based business and penalizes transactional business. |
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.
August 10, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Fleeing Brokers Can Take Some Client Info Three of the nation's largest brokerage firms have agreed to make it easier for registered reps to take clients with them when they change firms, eliminating a lot of the cloak-and-dagger antics that brokers often suffer when making a move. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
April 20, 2006
Kristen French |
New Morgan Hire to Advance Dean Witter Integration James Gorman announced in a memo to employees that Donald Herrema will join the company on May 1 as the head of Private Wealth Management Americas, the U.S. and Latin America division of the old Morgan Stanley institutional group. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2009
Frances A. McMorris |
The 10th Annual Recruiters Roundtable Packages get lowered. Brokers get hired. Markets have tanked. Retention offers are shrinking. And yet, according to the experts in our 10th Annual Recruiters Roundtable, there are still opportunities in the retail brokerage arena, if you know where to look. |
Registered Rep.
November 12, 2003 |
Morgan Stanley Launches Conflict-of-Interest Probe Morgan Stanley has announced it is conducting an in-house conflict-of-interest probe. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005
Glenn Curtis |
The Purcell Discount Hovering at a recent $51.73 --- down from its all-time highs of $110 a share --- are Morgan Stanley common shares a buy? |
Registered Rep.
March 9, 2011
Kristen French |
Morgan Stanley Cutting 200-300 FAs And Trainees The firm's wealth management division, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, should end the quarter with about 17,800 advisors, still the largest brokerage force in the U.S. by headcount. |
