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Registered Rep. July 13, 2007 Susan Konig	Post Acquisition, A.G. Edwards BOMs Have Tough Job to Do With the Wachovia purchase of A.G. Edwards, it's not just A.G. Edwards reps (some of whom fear that the AGE corporate culture will change) who are worried. So are acquired firm's branch managers.
Financial Advisor July 2012 Jeff Schlegel	Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. Forges Own Path Not many four-year-old firms have a legacy stretching back to the Lincoln administration.
Registered Rep. April 20, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	A.G. Edwards Founder Passes Away at 77 Benjamin Edwards III, former chairman, CEO, and president A.G. Edwards, died Monday after a battle with cancer.
Registered Rep. May 11, 2010 Susan Konig	Branch Managers, To Produce or Not to Produce? Or Take a Pay Cut? Consolidation is forcing branch managers out of the business, or, if they are lucky, they are being pushed back into production.
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.
Registered Rep. April 20, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Benjamin Edwards Passes Away at 77 Edwards, 77, was the great-grandson of the company's founder, Albert Gallatin Edwards, and led the former regional for 45 years before retiring in 2001 and assuming the title of chairman emeritus.
On Wall Street January 28, 2010 Lee Conrad	Carrying on a Family Tradition Tad Edwards, son of retired A.G. Edwards CEO Ben Edwards, sets out on his own to recreate his family's financial advising firm.
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.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. July 13, 2010 Susan Konig	BOMs Work More, Earn Less In the 1970s through the early 1990s, plenty of financial advisors hoped one day to become branch managers.
On Wall Street February 1, 2010 Lee Conrad	Wells Fargo: On the Front Lines of the Culture Wars One of Wells Fargo's task after acquiring Wachovia Securities is integrating advisors from both companies into one sales force and keeping them satisfied.
On Wall Street January 1, 2011	Recruiting's Next Big Challenge A conversation with industry headhunters about the job market for financial advisors.
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. 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. May 31, 2007 Kevin Burke	Wachovia Buys A.G. Edwards for $6.8 Billion, Creating New Rival to Merrill, Smith Barney The deal puts Wachovia among the top three competitors in retail brokerage -- in terms of both assets and advisors -- and retail banking.
On Wall Street December 1, 2008 Danny Sarch	This Is Your Career, So Start Acting Like It Like any labor market, the financial services one comes down to supply and demand, and a number of forces are in line to start pushing values down.
On Wall Street September 1, 2011	Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas, Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., Wells Fargo, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch announce personnel news.
Registered Rep. October 8, 2010 Kristen French	Wells Fargo Advisors Hikes Recruiting Bonuses 100 bps In the next couple of months, major Wall Street brokers may be giving Wells Fargo Advisors a closer look.
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 Lauren Barack	Beating Back The Independents So a mere eighteen months after the sky fell, is it really possible that life at the wirehouses isn't so bad?
Registered Rep. January 8, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Wells FA Team Bolts for Moneta, an RIA More proof of the breakaway broker phenomenon, albeit anecdotal? Moneta Group has hired two veterans legacy A.G. Edwards advisors, the company said today, amid a nascent national trend of advisors leaving wirehouses for smaller independents.
On Wall Street January 1, 2010	The Hire Powers Speak Out Headhunters open up about hiring, entrepreneurial mindsets, and wirehouse business models.
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. November 30, 2012 Diana Britton	Withering Wirehouses? Not Quite. Many industry propellerheads have forecasted an exodus of wirehouse advisors to the independent channel as retention bonuses unwind this year.
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. 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
On Wall Street January 1, 2009 Frances A. McMorris	The 10th Annual Recruiters Roundtable Packages get lowered. Brokers get hired. Markets have tanked. Retention offers are shrinking. And yet, according to the experts in our 10th Annual Recruiters Roundtable, there are still opportunities in the retail brokerage arena, if you know where to look.
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. May 18, 2009 John Churchill	As Wells Fargo Takes Over, Integration at Wachovia and A.G. Edwards Still Faces Hurdles Some financial advisors at what is now the largest retail brokerage firm in the U.S. say the integration of the Wachovia and A.G. Edwards is still incomplete, and leaves much to be desired.
Registered Rep. November 15, 2010 Diana Britton	How One Wealth Management Firm Intends To Grow Amid Competition At a time when recruitment activity in the independent broker/dealer channel has slowed, Capital Guardian Wealth Management, a hybrid firm, is undergoing a major growth initiative, with plans to add 15 advisors by year-end.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	Reshuffling the Decks There is an unusual amount of reorganization afoot, with Merrill, Wachovia, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney all shaking up their retail brokerage operations. Some of the moves have direct implications for retail advisors.
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.
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...
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 June 1, 2012	Top 10 Branch Managers of the Year As a couple of our top managers say, it is the people you surround yourself with that matters. For the 10 men and women here, it is also their understanding of how each of their advisors operate that has led to their branches' success.
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. September 29, 2008	Wachovia, The Bank, Saved by Citi; What Will Happen To Wachovia Securities? Firm Says The AGE Integration To Continue Unaffected Citigroup apparently thinks its got enough financial advisors: Citi declined to buy the retail brokerage business -- Wachovia Securities (and A.G. Edwards) -- and the asset management unit (Evergreen).
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Helen Kearney	Compensation 2010 Your definitive guide to the changes in advisor compensation across the industry.
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Lorie Konish	Wells Fargo Creates New Regional Structure A new regional wealth management structure and continuing merger and acquisition buzz surrounding the firm could shift its role in the industry.
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 Geracioti & Touryalai	Morgan And Wachovia? The need for the kind of capital offered by customer deposits apparently is driving securities firms into the arms of banks.
Registered Rep. December 2, 2014 Megan Leonhardt	Drivers of Advisor Satisfaction: Technology And Efficiency Financial advisors are known to harbor a strong streak of independence and autonomy, and aren't shy when it comes to letting their opinions be known, both good and bad.
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. 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.
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. November 1, 2006 John Churchill	A.G.E. to Catch a Rep Instead of buying brokers like its peers with offers of big upfront forgivable loans, A.G. Edwards is offering its own reps bonuses for successfully recruiting good reps.
On Wall Street July 1, 2009 William Willis	Culture Shock: A New Company Even Seems to Speak a Different Language It is important for advisors to have a positive attitude about their new or changing firms. Remember, your clients and prospects are sensitive to these feelings, and will only be as comfortable with your firm as you are.
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. 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. 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. July 1, 2006	Legends Historically, many reps aspired to management -- some to move up the ladder and climb into the executive suite. Here are four short profiles of some veteran professionals who have successfully helped their associates with their careers.