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Registered Rep.
January 14, 2011
Kristen French |
Some MSSB Advisors Upset by Johnston's Departure Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman announced Thursday that Greg Fleming, head of the firm's asset management business, will replace Charles Johnston as head of wealth management.   |
On Wall Street
February 1, 2010
Frances A. McMorris |
When Firms Collide: Is Culture Clash Inevitable? Merged companies have been integrated and new executives have taken up their posts, but everyone is still trying to adjust. |
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.
May 31, 2013
Megan Leonhardt |
Sizing Up the Street In the latest earnings cycle, here's how the wirehouses stacked up. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2012 |
Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas has hired four financial advisor teams... Ameriprise Financial has hired Charles Hart... Barclays has hired John Houlihan as a director and regional manager... |
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
February 1, 2012 |
Who's News New hires for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, UBS Wealth Management, and Raymond James. |
Registered Rep.
August 31, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Beefs Up Alt Investments for Risk Reduction Jerry Pascucci, a former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney executive, is joining UBS Wealth Management Americas on September 7 as head of alternative investments, according to an internal memo obtained by Registered Rep. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2011 |
Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas hired a two-member Bank of America Merrill Lynch team... HighTower Advisors hired a three-member Morgan Stanley Smith Barney team... etc. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2009
David Geracioti |
Can You Say, "Morgan Stanley Smith Barney?" The Joint Venture Launches Today The deal merging Citi's brokerage (Smith Barney) with Morgan Stanley's Global Wealth Management Group is closed -- ahead of schedule. |
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. |
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.
April 21, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
Morgan Stanley Profits Rise, Advisor Count Flat Morgan Stanley on Wednesday reported higher-than-expected revenues and profits in the first quarter, lifted by its acquisition last spring of Smith Barney and by higher fixed income. |
Registered Rep.
July 21, 2011
Kristen French |
Morgan Stanley Plans More Cost-cutting in Retail Brokerage; Integration on Target, Net Asset Flows Up Morgan Stanley financial advisors should expect more cost-cutting in the global wealth management division in coming quarters. |
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. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2009
Frances A. McMorris |
Market Turmoil Is No Match for Young Guns As 2009 makes its exit, 2010 promises to be just as tumultuous. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2010 |
Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas announces several new hires... Wells Fargo hires Stephen Zahka from Merrill Lynch and Jeremiah McNamara from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney... |
Registered Rep.
October 20, 2010
Kristen French |
Morgan Stanley Q3 Earnings Dive 67%, Wealth Management Is Most Profitable Division Morgan Stanley Smith Barney dunked into the red in the third quarter, with earnings falling 67 percent to 5 cents a share, due to a sharp decline in the firm's institutional securities business. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2011 |
Who's News Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisor David Massey... HighTower Advisors has hired a three-member MSSB team... UBS Wealth Management Americas has hired MSSB executive Jon Mallon... etc. |
Registered Rep.
October 19, 2011
Kristen French |
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Reels In $15.5B in Assets, 300 FAs Exit, Margins up to 11% Morgan Stanley's global wealth management group finally raised its pre-tax profit margins in the third quarter, which climbed to 11 percent from 9 percent. |
Registered Rep.
October 8, 2009 |
UBS Hires Bob McCann UBS has hired former Merrill Lynch executive Bob McCann to run its wealth management division in the Americas. |
Registered Rep.
January 20, 2011
Kristen French |
Morgan Stanley Says Integration On Track, Wealth Managment Revenues Up 7% Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman and CFO Ruth Porat said they are pleased with the progress of integration in the wealth management division, a joint venture with Citigroup in its spun-off Smith Barney division, as well as its performance. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2011 |
Michael McGrath In 2009, I became head of Alternative Investments for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Its joint venture with Smith Barney that same year gave me the opportunity to expand my horizons. |
Registered Rep.
January 13, 2009
David Geracioti |
Citi, Morgan Stanley Agree To Form Joint Venture; Reps Will Receive Retention Bonus--Gorman Says: "We're Not Stupid" The combined retail brokerage units will become the largest financial services firm in the world and be a "force to be reckoned with." The combined entity will have more than 20,000 Financial advisors and an estimated $1.7 trillion in client assets. |
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.
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.
May 28, 2009
John Churchill |
Big Brands Fall Out of Favor With Wealthy A survey released yesterday of the nation's wealthiest individuals reveals that wealth management's biggest, most powerful brands -- including UBS, Wachovia, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs -- have lost a lot of credibility with their target audience. |
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... |
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2007
Tom Taulli |
UBS Trims Its Hedge Stung by poor performance, the firm closes a key hedge fund. |
Registered Rep.
April 20, 2006
Kristen French |
New Morgan Hire to Advance Dean Witter Integration James Gorman announced in a memo to employees that Donald Herrema will join the company on May 1 as the head of Private Wealth Management Americas, the U.S. and Latin America division of the old Morgan Stanley institutional group. |
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.
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. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2011
John Aidan Byrne |
McCann Reassures UBS FAs as His Profile Grows with New Appointment Robert J. McCann's responsibilities at Swiss bank giant UBS dramatically expanded with a new appointment Thursday. |
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.
April 14, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
UBS Retail Brokerage Nearing a Turnaround? Client asset withdrawals have slowed at the embattled U.S. wealth management business of UBS where, in a positive sign to investors, it reported much stronger first quarter pre-tax profit than previously expected. |
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.
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. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2013 |
Who's News: UBS Snags Anning Group from Merrill Hirings this month include UBS luring Robert Anning, Sr., John Anning and Tollie Chavis from Merrill; and Baron C. Becker moving from Morgan Stanley to Baird. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2010 |
Who's News Merrill Lynch hires father-and-son team... Morgan Stanley recruits Carlos Van Maanen and Carlos Stolk... Emerson Knowles and Joseph Spicer leave Morgan STanley to join Merrill Lynch... RBC Wealth Management hires John Menefee and Tom Meagher... etc. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2010
Lee Conrad |
Betting on McCann Can Bob McCann and his renewal team restore UBS Wealth Management Americas? |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2009
Frances A. McMorris |
The Lure of Independence After 14 years as a Merrill Lynch financial advisor, Jason DiLauro set himself up as an independent through Raymond James Financial Services four miles from his previous office. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2009
Frances A. McMorris |
She's Back! Krawcheck Takes On Merrill Sallie Krawcheck has made her return to the financial advisory world with a splash. As the new head of Bank of America's Global Wealth Management and Investment Management unit, she takes Merrill Lynch under her wing. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2008 |
Who's News Staffing announcements from wirehouses and regionals from the December 2008 issue. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2011 |
Who's News News from UBS Wealth Management, Stifel Nicolaus, and Raymond James. |
Registered Rep.
March 22, 2006
Kristen French |
Morgan Sees Weak Retail First Quarter Followed by Brighter Future Morgan Stanley reported bad news on first quarter retail earnings today. Both pre-tax income and margins declined steeply for its brokerage business, but in a conference call this morning chief financial officer David Sidwell expressed optimism about the future of the business unit. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2006
Alex Dumortier |
No Swiss Miss at UBS The world's largest wealth manager, UBS AG, reported second-quarter earnings that pleased shareholders. Are there any clouds that threaten this Swiss banker's sunny day? |
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.
November 18, 2005
Kristen French |
Smith Barney Cuts Pay for Smaller Brokers The new pay scale was announced to brokers internally in October and will take effect in January. |
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. |
