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Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 David A. Geracioti	Merrill Names Dallas Private Banking Head Mark Casey was moved to Merrill Lynch's new Private Banking and Investment Group office in Dallas, where he will oversee the so-called "Texas region" of that group.
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. 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.
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. May 27, 2004 David A. Gaffen	High-End Investment Advice Grows Globally The private banking industry is growing at a level not seen since the late 1990s, reflecting not only an increase in the market but also an influx of new money into these firms.
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. January 24, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	BofA/Merrill Pricing Plan To Advance Cross-Selling Merrill Edge, the discount investment brokerage that Merrill Lynch rolled out last year, is playing its part in parent company Bank of America's effort to cross-sell consumer banking and investment services.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005	Comings & Goings UBS has brought in two top-producing advisors... Bank of America's global wealth and investment management division has named executives... etc.
Registered Rep. April 27, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Merrill Lynch Names Thiel to Run U.S. Brokerage Thiel, 50, will replace Lyle LaMothe. LaMothe, also 50, said on March 4 that he would retire as head of Merrill Lynch U.S. Wealth Management.
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. 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. 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. 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.
On Wall Street January 1, 2009 Frances A. McMorris	The 2009 Challenge: Embracing Change Now that the major earthquakes seem to be over, advisors at the brokerage firms once known as wirehouses increasingly find themselves asking the question: Should I stay or should I go?
Registered Rep. July 19, 2011 Charles Paikert	New Rankings: New York, Houston Shine As Wealth Management Hot Spots Wealth management firms who aren't doing business in the New York or Houston markets may be asking themselves why not.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Mother Merrill's Extreme Makeover A 12-year veteran of Merrill Lynch has noticed a pronounced improvement over the years in the way clients perceive him and his colleagues.
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.
On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Bill Willis	The Treasure Within In an effort to compete for the high-net-worth segment of the retail market, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS have formed separate divisions, which were developed to focus on the challenges unique to this wealthy group.
On Wall Street June 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	Big Name Boutiques Flex Their Muscles For those wirehouse advisors who want something new, but don't quite have the nerve to go independent, these elite boutiques look mighty attractive.
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. 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.
Registered Rep. June 22, 2011 Charles Paikert	Wealth Managers Must Make Changes to Attract High-Net-Worth, Industry Reports Wealth managers need to make key changes in the way they do business to stay competitive, two major studies of the industry have concluded.
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. February 22, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Merrill Edge on Hiring Binge, Gets One-Third of Clients From FA Referrals Does Merrill Edge, Merrill Lynch's brokerage, banking and financial advice platform for the mass affluent (those with $100,000 to $250,000 to invest), compete with Merrill Lynch financial advisors?
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.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	Don't Be Dazzled by Prestige Names But just as Harvard is not the best place for every high school valedictorian, private client groups at Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan are not always the best places for an advisor focused on ultra-high-net-worth clients.
On Wall Street March 1, 2012	Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas has hired six financial advisors... Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hired Merrill Lynch advisors Philip Ressa and Justin Cho... Barclays Wealth has hired eight financial advisors...
U.S. Banker April 2010 John Hintze	A Wealth of Progress Bank of America aims to turbocharge cross-selling between its banking and wealth management units and move a step closer to building a true one-stop shop.
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 Lee Conrad	Barclays Builds Its Beachhead In The U.S.-- But Can It Pick Up The Pace? There are lingering questions in some corners over whether Barclays Wealth can really make a go of it in the United States.
Registered Rep. April 18, 2008	Merrill: An Able Foil to Bear? Merrill Lynch's streak continues -- a third quarter in a row that the firm has reported a loss.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2011	Poll: Are Advisors Being Pressed to Peddle Bank Products? To what extent do brokers at Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Advisors and elsewhere want to sell banking products?
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.
Investment Advisor August 2005 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Serving Mid-Tier Millionaires Mid-tier millionaires desperately want to reduce the complexity of managing their wealth and consolidate all of their financial needs under one roof. Can you help them?
Registered Rep. January 28, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	Banks Losing Mass Affluent To Online Brokerages U.S. and Canadian banks say developing mass affluent wealth management business is a top priority, but they're not doing enough about it.
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.
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. June 1, 2008 Mindy Diamond	Flexing Your Trigger Finger If there is any lesson for advisors in the recent Bear Stearns implosion, it might be this: In times of market crisis it can't hurt to have an exit strategy planned. Many clients are now asking advisors what their exit strategy is.
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 November 1, 2012 Lorie Konish	Credit Suisse Plans to Expand its Americas Business Anthony DeChellis, Credit Suisse s CEO of Private Banking Americas, has big plans for hiring and expanding assets.
Registered Rep. November 6, 2008	Bank Of America To Sign Protocol, Herd Still Weighing Options Bank of America intends to sign the so-called "broker protocol," an agreement signed by most of the brokerage firms and RIAs stipulating what client information is acceptable for a departing financial advisor to take without getting sued by the former employer. But when?
Registered Rep. March 16, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Merrill Cost-Cutting Centers on Client Segmentation, Less Bureacracy Merrill Lynch financial advisors can expect Bank of America cost-cutting to take the form of greater client segmentation and reduced bureaucracy, said John Thiel of Merrill Lynch
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. 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. 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.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Dissecting Merrill's Earnings A second look at the bumper earnings from Merrill Lynch. Investors, take note.
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. February 1, 2005	Comings & Goings Edward Jones announced in an SEC filing settling... Greg Fullmer, who had been with Goldman Sachs for 11 years... Nick Stonestreet has been promoted by Merrill Lynch... etc.
Registered Rep. July 26, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	Online Brokerages Still Grabbing Market Share From Wirehouses Online brokerages continue to take market share from the wirehouses, according to a new report.
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.
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Bill Willis	The Financial Supermarket Is Back In Style This is a strategy whose time has come, and the outlook for a one-stop shop appears bright.