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Registered Rep. May 13, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Wall Street Squeezes Small Brokers, Many Go Independent In this brutal market, many advisors are taking payout cuts or being let go. But many of these advisors are finding homes at independent and regional b/ds and RIA firms.
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Helen Kearney	Compensation 2010 Your definitive guide to the changes in advisor compensation across the industry.
Registered Rep. April 17, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney Losing Advisors, Client Assets But while Smith Barney is losing reps, it also appears to be recruiting heavily.
Registered Rep. December 19, 2008 Christina Mucciolo	Merrill Tweaks Grid; Lowers It For Smaller FAs Merrill Lynch executives released the 2009 Financial Advisor Comp Plan -- with good news and bad.
Registered Rep. August 13, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Merrill Grabs Advisors Producing $5.5 million From Rival UBS Merrill Lynch won big last week in the aggressive industry-wide recruiting war for top advisors.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 John Churchill	Good Times, Bad Times Shares of the major broker/dealers are getting hammered. The good news is, for those of you who have always wanted to move on, but couldn't because it made you sick to leave unvested options on the table, this may be your moment.
On Wall Street March 1, 2011 Conrad & Konish	Compensation 2011 While recruiting packages generate a lot of interest, the actual pay that advisors receive from their firms doesn't get as much attention. So once again, On Wall Street has sifted through the payout grids in our industry for a unique comparison of their pay packages.
Registered Rep. June 2, 2011 Diana Britton	America's Top Independent Brokerages The Merrills and Morgan Stanleys of the world say it was never an exodus, the migration is over, and it was only those advisors who couldn't make it in the cutthroat wirehouse world who crossed over to the independent side of the business.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	UBS Offers Hot Retention Bonus UBS is doing all it can to hold onto as many of the newly acquired Cleveland-based McDonald Investments advisors as possible -- beginning with a retention package that will be hard to refuse.
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. 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.
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Lauren Barack	Time For Creative Recruiting With top advisors locked into retention packages, it's becoming harder for wirehouses to boost their ranks.
Registered Rep. January 7, 2011 Kristen French	Will the SEC Curtail Recruiting Bonuses? With brokerage revenues getting squeezed and regulators sniffing around compensation issues and potential conflicts of interest, it's possible that 2011 could bring some changes to broker comp plans.
Registered Rep. September 8, 2006 Halah Touryalai	An Offer They Can't Refuse UBS is doing all it can to hold onto as many of the advisors at newly acquired Cleveland-based McDonald Investments as possible -- beginning with a retention package that will be hard to refuse.
Registered Rep. December 13, 2010 Susan Konig	IBD and RIA Opportunities Arise For Branch Managers As the independent broker/dealer and RIA channels grow, they are creating a viable market for those displaced managers.
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.
Financial Advisor March 2012	UBS Reeling In Merrill Advisors The big four wirehouse firms are always trying to poach top talent from their rivals, but UBS Wealth Management seems to be doing a particularly job good job of late when it comes to snagging advisor teams from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep. April 18, 2012 Diana Britton	Tiburon's Roame: Less of a Breakaway Trend, More of a `Broken-Away' Trend Whether you agree with him or not, Chip Roame, managing principal of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, is not afraid to tell you exactly how he sees it when it comes to the financial services industry.
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.
On Wall Street August 1, 2010 Aarti N. Maharaj	The Wirehouse Way While the lure of independence has traditionally been viewed as the ultimate siren song for many advisors, many in the industry are finding good reasons to stay with the big companies. And it's not all about the money.
Registered Rep. November 8, 2010 Kristen French	Merrill Strengthens Golden Handcuffs For New Hires, Recruits Small Fry To receive all of his recruiting bonus money, a new hire must now stick around for 14 years, instead of nine, and all of the back-end money is now deferred, where a big portion used to be in cash.
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.
Registered Rep. November 4, 2011 Kristen French	Indie Exodus: Overhyped? In 2009, in the wake of arguably one of the biggest financial crises this country has seen since the Great Depression, over 3,000 financial advisors left Merrill Lynch, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo to start life over at an independent broker/dealer or RIA firm.
On Wall Street March 1, 2013 Braswell & Konish	Compensation Plans Step Up to Next Level Compensation plans for 2013 come with new incentives for advisors to strive for growth.
Registered Rep. October 11, 2010 Susan Konig	Advisor Movement Should Pick Up in 2011, Experts Predict Aggressive and lucrative recruitment packages essentially prompted anyone who wanted a big check to move last year, Diamond says.
Registered Rep. September 13, 2010 Susan Konig	Wirehouse Recruiting Stalls, Deals Keep Rising but Fewer Advisors Moving These days there are a lot more strings attached to recruiting packages and in the current market they're not great for brokers or firms.
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.
Registered Rep. December 11, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Smith Barney Changes Payout Grid Smith Barney is altering its compensation system for 2004, with the main goal being to simplify its payouts and make them more product-neutral.
Registered Rep. July 14, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Financial Advisor Switching Firms Jumps in June June was a busy month for financial advisors on the move. The number of advisors switching firms jumped 45 percent in June versus May, according to Discovery Database.
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Howard J. Stock	Talent Shortage Grips Firms As Financial Advisors Age After years of recruiting only established, top advisors in the so-called "war for talent" instead of hiring younger employees and training them, the industry is now facing a shortage.
Registered Rep. January 6, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Wirehouse FAs Switching B/Ds Slows The number of wirehouse advisors switching broker/dealers has been in steep decline since June.
Registered Rep. February 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	It's a Tough Route for Younger Advisors Anew report by Charles Schwab, which shows that advisors under the age of 40 are more likely than their older peers to feel pressure to grow their book of business, or to focus on selling proprietary products.
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 Advisor June 2009 Jeff Schlegel	Money In Motion The economic crisis has wreaked havoc on wirehouses, and more advisors are looking for new opportunities.
Registered Rep. December 16, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Wirehouse Switching Slows in Second Half of 2009 In November, just 177 advisors in the wirehouse channel switched firms, the smallest monthly number all year, according to Discovery Database.
Registered Rep. April 29, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Wirehouse Advisors Switch Firms in March The number of reps switching broker/dealers during the month was up 34 percent versus the number who switched in February.
Registered Rep. December 14, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	Wirehouses Dangle New Carrots, Small Sticks In 2013 Across the board, all four major wirehouses tweaked their compensation plans for the upcoming year; In some cases, they are upping the bar to earn payouts and putting greater emphasis on incentives to gain new, richer clients.
On Wall Street April 1, 2011 Lorie Konish	U.S. Trust Defends Garden Policy, Codifies Processes Bank of America Corp. gave its U.S. Trust advisors notice in February that they were subject to "garden leave restrictions" if they left, sending shock waves through the industry.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 John Churchill	More, More, More Faced with growing competition from other advice providers and fewer inherent advantages in the way of products and platform capabilities, wirehouse brokers will feel pressure to do more fee-based business and to make wealthier clients a bigger part of their practice.
Registered Rep. April 21, 2011 Diana Britton	Raymond James Adds Assets, Loses Advisors Raymond James Financial's Private Client Group led the firm's growth in the second quarter.
Registered Rep. September 30, 2013 Megan Leonhardt	Wirehouse Evolution Far from a dying model, the big brokerages are changing their game.
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. August 9, 2010 Susan Konig	How One BOM Retains Top FAs The dizzying industry turmoil of the last few years has induced wirehouses to offer their top producers some of the largest retention packages ever.
Financial Planning October 1, 2012	Women Advisors Forum/Boston: Upgrade Your Practice If you're a woman with an advisory career - either at an RIA, a wirehouse, a regional brokerage or a bank - this forum is your opportunity to rub elbows with other high-ranking women advisors.
Registered Rep. May 29, 2007 Kevin Burke	Smith Barney's Krawcheck to Smooth Out Comp. Plan The brokerage giant's top executive is set to tweak the firm's compensation plan in an attempt to address financial advisors' repeated complaints over pay complexities and claims of unfairness.
Financial Advisor August 2007 Tracey Longo	A World For Advisors Broker-dealers across the country are reporting record revenue increases -- a significant portion of these from fee-based business -- and say they're continuing to step up their game in order to recruit advisors with significant practices.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Devil Take the Hindmost The headlines in the media note that advisor headcount was down 2.3 percent overall in 2011. But it was the independent broker/dealer market that accounted for the biggest hit in the numbers.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Kristen French	The Wealth Management Quest Are you really a wealth manager? Do you know what the phrase really means? It pays to know, because a new compensation report shows only 8% of advisors -- across all business channels -- actually fit the bill.
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. December 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Sallie Krawcheck Has Left the Building In a move that presages future Citigroup plans, Smith Barney CEO Sallie Krawcheck and Citigroup's CFO Todd Thomson have switched offices.