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Registered Rep.
September 22, 2005
John Churchill
Morgan Stanley's Retail Unit Posts Mixed Third Quarter The company's retail brokerage recorded pretax tax profits of $30 million for the third quarter, a healthy 36% gain over last year, despite a continued exodus of advisors and large legal and regulatory costs. But client assets fell versus the prior quarter, an ominous sign. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 17, 2006
Kristen French
Retail Brokerage Has Strong Third Quarter The third quarter shaped up pretty well for the retail brokerage divisions of the big Wall Street firms. Market technicians say we're in the midst of a bull market, and that means things are looking even better for the rest of the year. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 22, 2006
Kristen French
Morgan Sees Weak Retail First Quarter Followed by Brighter Future Morgan Stanley reported bad news on first quarter retail earnings today. Both pre-tax income and margins declined steeply for its brokerage business, but in a conference call this morning chief financial officer David Sidwell expressed optimism about the future of the business unit. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 18, 2007
Kevin Burke
Merrill Reports Strong Revenues, Adds 270 Advisors Merrill Lynch's retail brokerage arm turns in another strong quarter, as fee-based revenue continued to climb to record levels. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
John Churchill
The Money Squeeze There's one thing that stands between the big retail brokerage firms and the high profit margins that the executives of these firms and their investors seek: the financial advisor. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 18, 2006
Kevin Burke
Merrill's Brokerage Unit Records Huge Second-Quarter Gains Merrill's global private client group (GPC) registered a pretax earnings increase of 53%, to $701 million, in the second quarter ending June 30, up from $457 million in the same period in 2005. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 31, 2013
Megan Leonhardt
Sizing Up the Street In the latest earnings cycle, here's how the wirehouses stacked up. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Halah Touryalai
Riding High It was a fine year for brokerage firms -- especially their stocks. No one came up bigger than Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in terms of percentage gains. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen
Sharp Words for the NASD From Raymond James' Averitt The CEO directed biting criticism towards NASD regulators currently investigating fee-based advisory practices. Advisors also pointed out that the asset allocation and investing processes are being left out of the equation. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008
Kristen French
Runaway Growth: Rep-As-Advisor Assets Explode In the past year, as a result of the end of asset-based fees in non-advisory managed-account programs, assets in nondiscretionary rep-as-advisor programs have ballooned. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 21, 2011
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Assets Up, Headcount and Margins Down Morgan's other two divisions -- institutional securities and asset management -- recorded declines in income and revenues. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
John Churchill
Fighting for Dollars The retail brokerage model in the U.S. is flawed. Why? Because advisors get too much of the revenue pie. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 3, 2006
Kristen French
Morgan Tinkers with Grid; Wants FAs to Aim High James Gorman announced the rollout of a new compensation program that will greatly increase the firm's spending. But, in an effort to get reps to think big, accounts below $50,000 will no longer generate any compensation for the rep. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 5, 2009
Kristen French
Citi Bank Brokerage Converts To All Fees Citigroup announced that it would convert its small North American bank brokerage business completely to a fee-on-assets-based fiduciary advice system, and would stop collecting commissions on stock and fund sales. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 29, 2005
Kristen French
Raymond James Fined, Drops Fee-Based Brokerage---Will Others Follow? Following the NASD fine of Raymond James for pushing fee-based accounts on the wrong clients, the next question is how the settlement will affect other firms that offer the same accounts, including wirehouse giants Morgan Stanley, Merrill and Smith Barney. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 21, 2011
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Plans More Cost-cutting in Retail Brokerage; Integration on Target, Net Asset Flows Up Morgan Stanley financial advisors should expect more cost-cutting in the global wealth management division in coming quarters. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 2, 2005
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Fined $6.1 Million for Fee-Based Brokerage Slip-Ups NASD's investigation showed that from January 2001 through December 2003, Morgan Stanley failed to establish and maintain a supervisory system to review and monitor its fee-based brokerage business. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2004
Tom Gardner
Wall Street's in Trouble Could the future earnings of prominent Wall Street firms be at risk? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 21, 2010
Jerry Gleeson
Morgan Stanley Profits Rise, Advisor Count Flat Morgan Stanley on Wednesday reported higher-than-expected revenues and profits in the first quarter, lifted by its acquisition last spring of Smith Barney and by higher fixed income. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 19, 2011
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Reels In $15.5B in Assets, 300 FAs Exit, Margins up to 11% Morgan Stanley's global wealth management group finally raised its pre-tax profit margins in the third quarter, which climbed to 11 percent from 9 percent. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 31, 2004
David A. Gaffen
Sharp Words for the NASD By Raymond James' Averitt Dick Averitt of Raymond James Financial Services had some particularly harsh words for the National Association of Securities Dealers over fee-based accounts in a speech at RJFS' semiannual financial conference on Monday morning. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 21, 2009
Kristen French
Morgan Posts First Profit In Year The company' results were boosted by higher underwriting fees and trading revenue, as well as the firm's acquisition of Smith Barney. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 21, 2010
Jerry Gleeson
Assets, Advisors Decline at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Q2 Morgan Stanley is making continued progress on its integration with Smith Barney, but declines in assets and headcount suggest it may be feeling the pain of client and advisor departures. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
February 1, 2010
Frances A. McMorris
When Firms Collide: Is Culture Clash Inevitable? Merged companies have been integrated and new executives have taken up their posts, but everyone is still trying to adjust. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 19, 2011
Kristen French
Bank of America Gains 500 Financial Advisors, Client Balances Slip in Q2 It was an ugly quarter for Bank of America, which reported an $8.8 billion loss in the second quarter. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
September 10, 2003
David A. Gaffen
Existing Clients Want More Advice The good news for reps is that the world doesn't hate you. The bad news is that acquiring clients -- particularly affluent ones -- is getting a lot more tough. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 27, 2007
John Churchill
Court Okays 120 Days to Move Fee-based Brokerage Accounts Broker-dealers got the breathing room they hoped with regards to complying with the recent court ruling that outlaws fee-based brokerage accounts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 10, 2006
Kristen French
Morgan Stanley Cuts 500 Trainees The company announced in an internal memo that it is firing 500 financial advisor trainees and redesigning its training program. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005
By the Numbers Top 10 Broker/Dealers, by Advisor Headcount: Merrill Lynch... Wachovia... Smith Barney... Morgan Stanley... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 4, 2009
David A. Geracioti
The Conflicts of Interest in Not Being a Fiduciary; Hang Charlie Merrill In Effigy? At least one commentator is calling for Charlie Merrill to be hung in effigy for creating the modern-day, hard-charging, sales-oriented brokerage called Merrill Lynch. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2004
Kevin McKinley
Fee-ling Good Tips for financial advisors on establishing and maintaining fee-based relationships the right way. mark for My Articles similar articles