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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.
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.
April 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Keeping Up With the Joneses While Edward Jones will likely continue to lose larger producers until it finds another way for them and their wealthier clients, the business of the firm is really about serving the middle market. |
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.
January 1, 2007
John Churchill |
Will Jones Wrap it Up? Buy-and-hold Edward Jones is considering a platform option it has long eschewed as foreign to the firm's culture: fee-based accounts. |
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. |
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.
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. |
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.
September 4, 2013
David Armstrong |
Editor's Letter: September 2013 Most advisors decide to move not because they are wooed to greener pastures, but because pain points inside their current environment have become too great. |
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.
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.
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.
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. |
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 1, 2005 |
Registered Rep.'s Broker Report Cards How seven of the nation's largest brokerage firms stack up against each other. |
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.
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.
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.
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.
March 31, 2011
John Aidan Byrne |
Merrill, Wells, Ed Jones Jack Up Trainee Hiring The new training comes at a time when a number of currents in the business are converging to create what many predict will be a talent crunch. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2011
Mike Byrnes |
Pulling Out All Stops Since 2008, the financial services industry has taken a beating-not just in assets under management and performance, but in reputation, as well. |
Registered Rep.
July 22, 2009 |
Edward Jones, LPL, Schwab: Keeping Clients Happy FAs, you better be at the top of your game. |
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. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2012
Donald Jay Korn |
Ranking Wirehouses, Regionals Working the Employee Advisor Business A recent report from Cerulli Associates criticized the wirehouses for focusing on higher net worth clients. The result was that these firms were giving away the middle market (investors with $100,000 to $500,000 of assets to invest) to competitors. |
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.
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.
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. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Kara Stapleton |
Dow Jones Combines CRM and News In the race to develop a service for financial advisors that combines content and client communications, Dow Jones is the latest to market with the launch of Dow Jones Wealth Manager Web Services. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002 |
Warm Bodies Brokerages ranked by number of reps. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2012
Pat Olsen |
Life Stories: John Rahal of Edward Jones Discusses His Life In 2000, I became a limited partner; in 2004, a regional leader. Three years later I became a principal. I'm part of the firm's management committee. Last year I was appointed to my present position. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2008
Donna Mitchell |
Which Firms Leave Clients Most Satisfied? It's easy to call clients in good markets, but more important to call them when times are bad. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
David E. Adler |
The Yanks Are Coming! The credit crunch in the United States is usually blamed for the sudden and severe economic contraction in the United Kingdom, lamented as the worst economic crisis to face Britain in 60 years. But this hostility does not extend to the U.S. financial planning industry. |
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015 |
2015 Broker Report Card: Show Me The Money Advisors' gross production varied widely by firm in this year's survey results. |
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.
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. |
Wall Street & Technology
February 15, 2007
Cory Levine |
Dow Jones Launches Wealth Manager Web Site The Content Technology Solutions division of Dow Jones has launched a Wealth Manager Web site that aggregates news feeds and presents wealth managers with reasons for making contact with clients. |
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. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2011
Lorie Konish |
Pursuing Recovery and Profitability When volatility hit the markets in August following Standard & Poor's downgrade of U.S. debt, it left investors and their financial advisors scrambling. How ready are firms and advisors to apply the lessons learned in those dark days? |
The Motley Fool
November 12, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Jones Apparel: Does Barney's Mean Trouble? The fashion company continues to build and buy in the face of disappointing sales. |
InternetNews
February 25, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
U.K. Throws Weight Behind Open Source A new policy is aimed to promote open source within the British government while avoiding proprietary vendor lock-in. |
CIO
April 1, 2003
Sarah D. Scalet |
Profile: Jones's Next Adventure When recruiters call CIO superstar Dennis Jones, he insists he's done working full time for corporate America. In his spare time, he's on the board of StorageTek, a $2 billion digital storage company based in Louisville, Colo. He's also cooking up a nonprofit organization. |
Registered Rep.
August 5, 2011
Diana Britton |
New Industry Group Aims to Support Minority Advisors The group will be called the National Association of Minority Retail Registered Representatives and Financial Advisors. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Facebook Pays Less In Taxes In The U.K. Than The Average U.K. Employee Last year, the social networking giant spent just over $6,600 on corporation taxes in the U.K. The average U.K. worker, on the other hand, pays almost $8,300 in taxes. |
Information Today
April 24, 2008
Marydee Ojala |
Dow Jones Buys Generate Combining Generate's patented technology with the rich content within Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group should significantly improve the ability of Dow Jones to deliver pertinent, authoritative information to its main B2B customer base. |
Information Today
July 21, 2015 |
LexisNexis' U.K. Company Hopes to Acquire Legal Publisher LexisNexis U.K. intends to acquire Jordan Publishing Ltd., which is also U.K.-based, after regulatory review and other customary conditions are approved. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Information Today
December 22, 2008 |
Dow Jones Launches New Mobile Application for Sales Professionals Dow Jones & Co. announced its new mobile application, Dow Jones Sales Triggers for iPhone and iPod Touch, available on the Apple App Store. Dow Jones Sales Triggers gives mobile professionals access to up-to-the-minute intelligence. |
