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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.   |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Helen Kearney |
UBS Weighs Options as the Suddenly Smallest Wirehouse No one can deny it's been a tough year for UBS's wealth management business in the U.S. |
Registered Rep.
April 26, 2011
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Wealth Management Unit Improves Performance UBS Wealth Management Americas, rising from the ashes of its well-publicized disasters, had something to crow about this latest quarter (Q1 2011) |
Registered Rep.
February 7, 2012
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS' U.S. Brokerage Boosts Profits, Boasts Most Productive Advisors Despite global market conditions that lowered asset-based fees and transaction-based income, UBS Wealth Management Americas ended 2011 on firmer footing, earning $573 million for the year on revenues of $5.96 billion. |
Registered Rep.
April 11, 2006
John Churchill |
UBS Snaps Up Piper Jaffray's Brokerage Unit The Swiss banking giant UBS added the retail unit of Midwestern gem Piper Jaffray today to its wirehouse brokerage division for $500 million in cash and other considerations. |
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.
September 6, 2006
John Churchill |
UBS Buys Another Brokerage With the ink still drying on its deal to purchase Piper Jaffray's brokerage arm, Swiss firm UBS announced today it will now buy Cleveland-based McDonald Investments, KeyCorp's brokerage unit. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
John Churchill |
UBS Bellies Up to the Acquisition Table With the cost of recruiting and training soaring, firms continue to turn to acquisitions. The recent purchase by UBS of Piper Jaffray's brokerage unit won't be the last as competition for clients and their assets continues to intensify. |
Registered Rep.
November 9, 2010
Kristen French |
UBS Hires Three From Morgan Stanley As Recruiting Wars Intensify The war for talent is as fierce as ever, with some firms like UBS issuing a press release every time they make a big new hire. |
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.
December 2, 2010
Susan Konig |
Former Branch Manager Recruits UBS Advisors With $1 billion Two advisors from UBS' Houston branch resigned from the firm to join their former UBS branch office manager, Patrick Mendenhall, at Houston-based U.S. Capital Advisors, the wealth management advisory firm he formed in September |
Registered Rep.
September 3, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Hires Four HNW Advisors The latest hires by UBS Wealth Management Americas reflect its goal of attracting business from the ultra rich in mostly major metropolitan markets in the United States. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
September 26, 2011
Kristen French |
UBS Wealth Management Not For Sale; Analysts Say Don't Rule it Out Completely; Veteran FAs Calm Interim UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti and UBS Chairman Kasper Villiger sent a memo to advisors re-emphasizing that WMA is not for sale, a rumor that has been persistent despite continued denials by executives at the bank. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2010
Lee Conrad |
Betting on McCann Can Bob McCann and his renewal team restore UBS Wealth Management Americas? |
Registered Rep.
April 19, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
EXCLUSIVE: Is UBS Turning Around? Brokerage CEO Says Yes. UBS Wealth Management Americas, scrambling to stem the outflow of client assets, is seeing signs of hope. |
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.
March 28, 2012
Charles Paikert |
Branch Managers Are Key For Aggregator Growth There is growing demand for their talents in one corner of the wealth management universe: newly formed aggregators who are busy buying up firms and opening offices across the country. |
Registered Rep.
August 5, 2009
French & Churchill |
UBS Close to Deal With Bob McCann, Reorg Under Way The move comes as the bank works to contain damage to its reputation done by the tax evasion dispute with the U.S. government. |
Registered Rep.
February 9, 2010
Kristen French |
UBS Americas Bleeds More Client Assets in Q4, Advisor Attrition Way Down Clients continued to withdraw significant assets from the firm both in the U.S. and around the world. |
Registered Rep.
December 10, 2009
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Announces New Comp Plan; Comp Focused on FA Loyalty and Future Production UBS' plan is a departure from brokerages where compensation is typically based on trailing commissions rather than on growth. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
April 16, 2009
John Churchill |
UBS to Cut Lower Producing Advisors The 8,700 jobs UBS plans to cut by the end of 2010 will include 2,000 in the Wealth Management division, many of them financial advisors. |
Registered Rep.
July 28, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Brokerage Unit Turning the Corner? The "turning point" in client fund outflows is about to appear for UBS Wealth Management Americas. |
Registered Rep.
October 27, 2009
Kristen French |
UBS Hires McCann UBS announced that it has hired Bob McCann as the CEO of its UBS Wealth Management Americas unit, replacing former head of the division, Martin Hoekstra. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
May 31, 2013
Megan Leonhardt |
Sizing Up the Street In the latest earnings cycle, here's how the wirehouses stacked up. |
Registered Rep.
February 8, 2011
John Aidan Byrne |
Some Bright Spots Among the Red Ink for UBS UBS Wealth Management Americas added client assets and a handful of advisors in the fourth quarter, cushioning the blow from steep legal costs that resulted in a pre-tax loss of $34.6 million. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2013
Lorie Konish |
Editor's Letter: Results of Our Annual Broker-Dealer Survey A run-down of the stories in this issue, including how top firms fared in wealth management, and a look at what new regulations mean for the industry. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2009
Helen Kearney |
Back on the Front Lines Over the past few months, both UBS and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney have completed their transitions to the 'complex' management structure. Many of the branch managers affected haven't had a book of business for years and say it's not an easy thing to conjure up overnight. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2012
Mason Braswell |
Solid Business Models Key to Success in Difficult Economy The second quarter has just wrapped up. It's after the closing bell on the first Wednesday of what many analysts believe will be a tempestuous round of earnings announcements. But Ron Kruszewski, the president and chief executive officer of Stifel Nicolaus, is bullishly calm. |
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.
August 27, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Uncertainty at UBS, Can UBS Afford McCann? The latest news out of UBS involves former Merrill executive, Bob McCann, who's dealing with a non-compete clause that's keeping him from supposedly joining the firm. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2010 |
Who's News Robert Baker and Edmund Iannaccone joined Wells Fargo... Richard Panico left RBC Wealth Management to join Wells Fargo Advisors... Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hired Leif Olson... UBS added Christopher Neri, Kevin Pacciano and Gary Harden to its Jacksonville, Fla. operation... more... |
Registered Rep.
January 29, 2010
Kristen French |
UBS Morale Lifts A number of top financial advisors at the firm say that they are so far very pleased with the leadership of UBS Wealth Management CEO Bob McCann and his team. |
Registered Rep.
October 5, 2011
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Says Headhunters Playing Dirty, Unfairly Smearing the Firm Despite extensive media coverage describing nervous financial advisors and clients at the firm, insiders contend that much of this unflattering coverage is over-the-top. |
Registered Rep.
September 22, 2011
John Aidan Byrne |
McCann Memo Aims to Reassure Jittery UBS Brokers In a strongly-worded memo this week to employees at UBS Wealth Management Americas, CEO Bob McCann assured them that matters are under control. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2010 |
Who's News Wells Fargo Advisors recruits a number of new financial advisors... UBS Wealth Management Americas recruits several new teams... Barclays Wealth hires Gary Krieger... |
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.
September 30, 2013
Megan Leonhardt |
Wirehouse Evolution Far from a dying model, the big brokerages are changing their game. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2012 |
Who's News: Morgan Stanley Hires Leon Ciobataru, Luiz Boruchowski and Cheryl Young Morgan Stanley adds advisors, Baird has hired away industry veteran Karen Heintz from UBS, and four advisors from Merrill Lynch have moved to RBC. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2011
Frances A. McMorris |
RBC's Advisor Factor FA Forward is part of a practice management strategy that RBC believes helped it snag the top spot on the recent 2011 U.S. Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2010
Frances A. McMorris |
Comparing Payouts And Recognizing Branch Managers Among those challenges facing branch managers looking to recruit the best and brightest advisors are the changes that brokerage firms made to their payout grids. |
Registered Rep.
November 29, 2011
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS: Going Mobile with an FA App Financial advisors at UBS Wealth Management Americas are about to go more mobile - in a far-reaching pilot program that enables them to use an extensive array of UBS tools and other applications. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2010
Helen Kearney |
Compensation 2010 Your definitive guide to the changes in advisor compensation across the industry. |
Registered Rep.
October 27, 2009
John Aidan Byrne |
McCann Vows to Return UBS Wealth Management To Profitability New CEO Robert J. McCann says the wealth management division of UBS will not be put on the block. |
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. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2011 |
Who's News Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hired three advisors from UBS Financial Services... Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisors Raymond Stacy and Christopher Pieper... Wells Fargo Advisors hired advisor Zoran Vaz... |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Shaking the Tree It's no secret that most firms are frequently looking for well-established producers, financial advisors who have been making big bucks for a decade or more. Top brass always relishes bagging an elephant from another firm. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2011 |
Who's News Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Wells Fargo advisor Adam Gurien... Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has hired a team of Wells Fargo Advisors...Raymond James & Associates hires three advisors in Hingham, Mass... more... |
