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Registered Rep.
October 30, 2003 |
Merrill CEO: We're Hiring Stan O'Neal, chairman and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch, says the company is accelerating its hiring of financial advisors.   |
Registered Rep.
October 24, 2007
John Churchill |
Merrill Earnings Ugly, But Brokerage Is The Sweet Spot Stan O'Neal opened Merrill Lynch's earnings call by not beating around the bush: The firm had a net loss of $2.3 billion, due largely in part from $7.9 billion in write-downs related to exposure to sub-prime mortgages and collateralized debt obligations. |
Registered Rep.
November 15, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Merrill Stops Squirming, Reps Have Mixed Reviews Previously, Merrill Lynch chiefs have usually been plucked from in house, and were former brokers, convivial and backslapping. By contrast, recently hired CEO John Thain is considered cerebral and not charismatic. |
Registered Rep.
November 9, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Mulholland Leaves as Co-Head of Merrill's U.S. Group Bob Mulholland, second-in-command in Merrill Lynch's brokerage unit, has surprisingly left the firm for retirement. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2006 |
Merrill Eyeing Banking for Small Business Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O'Neal says the firm could purchase a consumer bank as part of a strategy to make his firm's retail brokerage operation more attractive to small business clients. |
Registered Rep.
January 26, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill Awards O'Neal $20.6 Million in Stock Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O'Neal was once again among the highest paid Wall Street executives in 2005. |
Registered Rep.
June 6, 2005
Kristen French |
Gorman's New Job at Merrill: Demotion or Promotion? The leadership change was welcomed by brokers but is unlikely to shake things up at the brokerage unit. |
Registered Rep.
March 12, 2004
John Churchill |
Merrill Rewards CEO for Record Profits According to the company's 2004 proxy statement, O'Neal's massive compensation is due to the company's superior performance in 2003. Merrill tallied $4 billion in profits and improved revenue during tough market conditions. |
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.
September 15, 2008
Kristen French |
Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Merrill Apes Goldman ... Again Merrill Lynch will create a senior executive role responsible for all European businesses in a move that mimics Goldman Sachs' hierarchy. |
Registered Rep.
January 6, 2009 |
Sontag Takes McCann's Job At Merrill More shocking to Merrill Lynch advisors than the sudden departure of their leader is the disappearance of the "MER" logo from their computer screens. |
Registered Rep.
September 5, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
While O'Neal Speaks, Rumors Fly Merrill Lynch President Stan O'Neal spoke at his firm's financial services conference about the erosion of investor confidence and restoring investor trust. But the buzz was all about a report in a German newspaper that UBS AG had made an offer for Merrill. |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Thain Recruits Colleagues in First Week at Merrill John Thain wasted no time during his first week on the job as the new head of Merrill Lynch. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007
Maria Bartiromo |
John Thain on His New Job as CEO of Merrill Lynch John Thain talks about his appointment as CEO of Merrill Lynch. |
Registered Rep.
November 5, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Fink offered O'Neal's post The Board of Directors of Merrill Lynch has offered the position of CEO and Chairman to BlackRock's Chairman and founder Larry Fink, according to CNBC. |
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.
June 21, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill Eyeing Overseas Wealthy, Banking for Small Business Merrill Lynch, on the prowl for strategic acquisitions, may look overseas for its next purchase in an effort to bolster its wealth-management business. |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007
Goldstein & Thornton |
He Fixed the NYSE. Can He Fix Merrill? John Thain won kudos for turning around the Big Board. Now he faces a bigger challenge cleaning up the subprime mess at Merrill Lynch. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 10, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Stan O'Neal Meets Black Brokers; Gets Criticized for Being Sexist While Merrill Lynch executives strive to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging systemic racism on the part of the firm, when news got around that CEO Stan O'Neal, who is black, personally attended one meeting with litigants, charges of sexism abounded. |
Registered Rep.
February 10, 2009 |
In First Media Interview, McCann Says Resignation Was At A "Logical Time" In his first interview since leaving Merrill Lynch, Robert J. McCann says he maintains good feelings for both Merrill Lynch and the timing of his departure. |
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 17, 2008 |
Merrill Reps: Waiting For Retention News Brokers were told they would be offered retention packages, but no further details have been offered so far. |
Registered Rep.
November 30, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Morgan Stanley Management Shuffle: Cruz Out, Gorman In Morgan Stanley underwent a major management shakeup yesterday -- effective tomorrow. |
Registered Rep.
October 26, 2007
David Geracioti |
O'Neal Rumored To Be On the Chopping Block Apparently Merrill Lynch has been gorging itself on risk. And, it may cost CEO Stan O'Neal his job. Merrill's shares are down by about 35% this year. |
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.
January 22, 2009 |
Thain Departs BofA--An $87,000 Rug? Say It Ain't So, John! Client AUMs Fall By 30 Percent In 2008 John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch and the man who engineered the sales of the storied Wall Street firm to Bank of America in September, is leaving the combined firm immediately. |
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.
October 30, 2007
David Geracioti |
A Nice Retirement? Could Have Been Better Stan O'Neal, the recently "retired" CEO of Merrill Lynch, didn't receive his anticipated $29.5 million severance package, but he may still may be laughing his way to the bank -- and his next position. |
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.
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. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2007
Matthew Goldstein |
Why Merrill Got Burned So Badly Its leadership role in underwriting risky CDOs brought in millions in fees but put Merrill Lynch in the subprime bull's-eye. |
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Is McCann Close to a Deal with UBS? Bloomberg is reporting that Bob McCann, the former head of Merrill Lynch's brokerage unit, is nearing a deal with his old employer that will allow him to take a job running UBS's wealth management unit. |
Registered Rep.
September 19, 2006
John Churchill |
Merrill's O'Neal to Be Deposed for Discrimination Suit Stanley O'Neal, chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, will be deposed as part of the discovery phase in a race-discrimination suit filed by one of the firm's black brokers. |
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.
May 4, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Client Asset Outflows Slow in Q1 Improving market conditions softened the blow as total client assets hit $721.6 billion in the brokerage unit of the Swiss banking giant. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
A Major Stumble at Merrill Lynch In quarterly results Merrill Lynch announces its writedown will be $7.9 billion, almost twice as much as announced just last month. |
Registered Rep.
October 7, 2009
John Aidan Byrne |
Exclusive: McCann Back To Work In October Robert J. McCann, former president of Merrill Lynch, settles a bitter lawsuit with Merrill parent company Bank of America over a non-compete agreement. The settlement frees McCann to return to work this month. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2011
Kristen French |
Broker Report Card 2011: It's Getting Better All the Time Registered Rep.'s 21st annual Broker Report Cards showed advisor satisfaction ratings creeping higher this year across the board -- on everything from compensation and benefits, compliance support and sales support to products. |
Registered Rep.
January 29, 2007
John Churchill |
Merrill Adds Another (Expensive) Piece Merrill Lynch announced plans to acquire First Republic Bank, a San Francisco-based private banking and wealth-management firm with $16.4 billion in assets under management, for $1.8 billion. |
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. |
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.
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: Is It Goodbye to Stan? Rumors are raging that Merrill's CEO will be ousted. So why would Stan get the boot? Well, the most obvious reason would be the massive losses that Merrill racked up in its third quarter. |
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? |
