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Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	Edward Jones: Whistle While You Work According to survey results, financial advisors working at this financial firm seem to be living a charmed life. Here's why.
Registered Rep. April 29, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Edward Jones Raises FA Production Expectations Edward Jones announced that it had laid out increased production expectations for its army of 12,700 advisors that will take effect next year.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2007	All About the Benjamins Reps say the darndest things.
Registered Rep. February 3, 2009	EJ Employees Are Lovin' It Edward Jones made Fortune magazine's "100 Best companies To Work For," list again this year, its tenth year on the list.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Will Leitch	Smiling Through the Pain If Edward Jones reps are dismayed by the firm's record-setting SEC fine and the subsequent dismissal of their managing partner, Doug Hill, they're doing a good job of covering up.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 Will Leitch	Accused A recent mutual fund scandal at Edward Jones causes a temporary hiccup in the firm's reputation.
Registered Rep. May 26, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	More Changes at Edward Jones, Chief Strategist Alan Skrainka Out According to a Jones spokesperson, Skrainka was ousted due to "his use of written materials without giving attribution."
Registered Rep. May 13, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Edward Jones Top Advisor Attrition Remains Rock-Bottom, Says Weddle After Edward Jones lost two top producing reps and increased production expectations last month, some media outlets and recruiters made a lot of noise about rising advisor defections at Edward Jones.
Registered Rep. April 6, 2004 Will Leitch	SEC Investigates Edward Jones' Fund Sales Edward Jones--a firm that hasn't attracted much regulatory scrutiny over the years--has been under considerable fire of late, thanks mainly to previously undisclosed revenue-sharing arrangements.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2007	The Great Re-Sell How will registered reps re-position themselves with clients who have fee-based brokerage accounts?
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Will Leitch	For Advisors, 2003 Was a Better Year The fortunes of advisors took a turn for the better in 2003, according to the annual report from the Securities Industry Association.
T.H.E. Journal August 2003	Jones Knowledge Releases Updated Open-License Course Management Software Jones Knowledge Inc. has released the new 2003 version of its free open-license online course management and delivery software, Jones e-education: Software Standard.
Registered Rep. December 21, 2004 Will Leitch	Ed Jones Agrees to Pay $75 Million in Revenue-Sharing Case Edward Jones has agreed to a $75 million settlement with the SEC, the NASD and the New York Stock Exchange as punishment for failing to disclose to clients information about the firm's revenue-sharing arrangements with mutual funds.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Janet Arrowood	Protect Your Clients, Protect Yourself If registered reps don't sell their clients life insurance, someone else will -- and that's a risk reps probably shouldn't take. At least, that's one conclusion that can be drawn from the results of two separate studies.
Registered Rep. August 30, 2002 Betsy Riley	Reps' Earnings Suffered Double-Digit Loss in 2001 The SIA surveyed 34 member-firms, finding a drop in broker earnings and a move toward fee-based business models.
Registered Rep. August 8, 2013 Megan Leonhardt	When the Fight to Independence Is Won Breaking away from a large institution can get messy. But if this advisor's tale is any indication, it does pay to fight the system -- sometimes.
Registered Rep. June 5, 2006 John Churchill	Edward Jones' to Pay for Revenue Sharing, Still Faces Civil Complaints The financial firm will soon be writing a lot of checks to a lot of clients: $75 million in checks, to be exact. The payday is actually a payback per the terms of Jones' 2004 settlement with regulators for inadequate disclosure of revenue-sharing practices in its mutual funds sales.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Kristen French	What's in a Name? Financial advisor is the name most of the other wirehouses use for their registered reps these days. It reflects the industry's attempts to transform its reps from commission-based stock jockeys to fee-based relationship managers.
Registered Rep. October 23, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Ed Jones To Sell Brokerage Unit in U.K. Edward Jones announced the sale of its U.K. business operations to Towry Law, an independent wealth management firm based in the U.K., for an undisclosed sum.
Investment Advisor June 2010 Thomas D. Giachetti	Independence's Issues There are four main challenges faced these days by independent broker/dealers.
On Wall Street October 1, 2013 Mason Braswell	Non-Solicitation Disagreement What can you say without crossing the line and violating a non-solicitation agreement?
Registered Rep. May 1, 2012 Diana Britton	Seasoned Veterans General George S. Patton once said, "You cannot be disciplined in great things and indisciplined in small things." That same philosophy could be applied to being a financial advisor.
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 David J. Drucker	Fee-Based Confusion Cambridge, Commonwealth and Securities America aren't your father's broker-dealers. Although they count reps of all compensation stripes within their ranks, they're clearly leading the new generation to a more professional business model.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 Will Leitch	529 Plans in the Crosshairs To virtually no one's surprise, regulators have begun scrutinizing how 529 plans are peddled.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 Will Leitch	The Rep's Ugly Friend As the industry continues its inexorable march toward "wealth management," advisors have had to add new tools to their workbenches. Among all of them, reps seem to have the most trouble getting comfortable with life insurance.
Investment Advisor September 2006	Woodbury Financial services Woodbury Financial is a big firm, with nearly 2,000 producing reps, and a big corporate parent in the form of The Hartford. But a simple comment on a Broker/Dealer of the Year ballot from one of Woodbury's reps was instructive on the firm's personal appeal to reps.
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. May 2, 2007 Kevin Burke	It's Not About the Money The firms that have the highest number of satisfied financial advisors aren't necessarily the ones with the highest-paid financial advisors. Industry experts say that what really drives advisors to jump is friction with a supervisor.
Registered Rep. October 23, 2003 John Churchill	Edward Jones hit with $2.7 million fine One of the firm's brokers overloaded a client's account with unsuitable investments on margin.
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Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 John Churchill	A.G.E. to Catch a Rep Instead of buying brokers like its peers with offers of big upfront forgivable loans, A.G. Edwards is offering its own reps bonuses for successfully recruiting good reps.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 John Churchill	Brokers Called Up for Active Duty Face Licensing Headaches, Book-Poaching Colleagues For registered rep reservists serving in one of the nation's armed forces, coming home and returning to the job is soon to get a lot easier. Of course, the NASD says there is nothing it can do to prevent colleagues from stealing a GI advisor's book.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 David A. Geracioti	Firms Pitch In After Hurricanes Many of the nation's largest broker/dealers helped Florida-based reps with compensation for September, as officials at several firms said the onslaught of hurricanes necessitated a response.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Jones Apparel Gets Hostile Jones Apparel was playing nice. Now, it's going on the open market to buy Maxwell Shoe.
Registered Rep. February 21, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Edward Jones Has an Edge at Training in an Industry That Stinks at it Only about one out of every five rookies in the Wall Street brokerage business makes it through year two or three of a four-year training program, according to industry consultant CBM Group.
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.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 David A. Gaffen	Third Time Is a Harm A NASD proposal first announced in 2003 requires that reps with three or more formal complaints against them receive extra supervision from their firms. Most major broker/dealers are already operating as if the rule were in place.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Jones Apparel Tap Dancing Jones Apparel's bid for Maxwell Shoe is a bold move, but Maxwell's not impressed.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	A.G. Edwards: Quietly, the Leader of the Pack Building on its strong performance from a year ago, A.G. Edwards lit up the scoreboard this year. Advisors say the St. Louis-based firm has a high-quality work environment, commitment to clients and freedom from pushing certain products.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005	Registered Rep.'s Broker Report Cards How seven of the nation's largest brokerage firms stack up against each other.
Registered Rep. February 20, 2004	Extinct?: February's Cover Story Conferences were held to instruct reps in working as portfolio managers, and, in general, the improved technology made managing portfolios---and thus serving clients---a lot easier.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Jones Unwelcome in Maxwell's House The fashion company steadfastly refuses to raise its offer price for Maxwell Shoe.
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. December 12, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney Pay Package: Perks Balance Cuts? This week, Smith Barney will become the first firm to make a change to its payout grid as a result of the securities industry's recent battle over broker overtime pay and so-called chargebacks.
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad	5 Questions With the SEC's Merrill Rule gone, Brian Corkery and Scott Donnelly of asset manager FundQuest help broker-dealers make fee-based accounts compliant.
Registered Rep. January 9, 2006 Kristen French	Ed Jones, AG Edwards, Baird: Great to Work For The three regional brokerage firms made Fortune magazine's top 100 companies to work for this year. Brokers at AG Edwards and Edward Jones gave their firms the highest marks for everything from sales support to management to ethics.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Matt Barthel	Insurance and the Generation Gap Reps historically have been reluctant to sell life insurance because of the steep learning curve associated with the products, and there is evidence that many still are hesitant to put forth the effort necessary to grasp the products' nuances.
Registered Rep. May 4, 2011 Kristen French	Edward Jones Aims to Quadruple Veteran Hires Long known as a firm that trains greenhorns and career changers from the ground up and then holds onto them for life, the firm is getting serious about recruiting financial advisors with experience.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 John Churchill	UBS: You Against Us? According to rank-and-file reps surveyed, UBS brass did a lot of things right this year and can take a bow -- and then quickly straighten up and fix the rest of what reps say is still ailing the firm.