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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.   |
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.
December 1, 2005 |
Registered Rep.'s Broker Report Cards How seven of the nation's largest brokerage firms stack up against each other. |
Registered Rep.
October 23, 2009
Christina Mucciolo |
Ed Jones To Sell Brokerage Unit in U.K. Edward Jones announced the sale of its U.K. business operations to Towry Law, an independent wealth management firm based in the U.K., for an undisclosed sum. |
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.
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.
November 1, 2002
Michelle Leder |
Training Brokers Not to Flunk Out By focusing their training budgets more effectively, firms hope to trim an attrition rate among new hires that, even in good times, exceeds that of other industries. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
August 13, 2012
Susan Konig |
Can FA Training Programs Redeem Themselves? Brokerages have an outmoded and inefficient way to train new advisors. The high expense and low success rate of broker trainee programs is increasingly problematic for branch managers, who must continually find new talent. |
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.
December 3, 2013
Megan Leonhardt |
Out From Under A rising market lifts many spirits, including advisor satisfaction with the firm that employs them. |
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. |
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.
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.
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.
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.
July 19, 2011
Kristen French |
Bank of America Gains 500 Financial Advisors, Client Balances Slip in Q2 It was an ugly quarter for Bank of America, which reported an $8.8 billion loss in the second quarter. |
Registered Rep.
July 22, 2009 |
Edward Jones, LPL, Schwab: Keeping Clients Happy FAs, you better be at the top of your game. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
May 10, 2011
Susan Konig |
Wells Fargo Recruits From Outside the Industry Wells Fargo Advisors has done quite a bit of recruiting in industries like sales, banking, insurance, and even the military. |
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? |
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.
October 1, 2002 |
Warm Bodies Brokerages ranked by number of reps. |
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.
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 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. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2012
Lorie Konish |
Go,Teams! When Hilliard Lyons introduced its current team-based award program in its compensation program five years ago, it led to what Executive Vice President Darryl Metzger now calls an "A-HA" moment for the firm. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Morgan's Training Makeover Morgan Stanley is in the midst of a major redesign of its rookie training program, the latest in a string of moves by retail head James Gorman to revamp the brokerage operation and make it more profitable. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2012 |
Who's News Morgan Stanley hired three new advisor teams... RBC Wealth Management has hired three wirehouse advisors in Illinois... Edward Jones has hired Emmy-award winning reporter/anchor Marc Cox... |
Registered Rep.
April 15, 2009
Kristen French |
Bank of America Launches Client Referral Program It's one of several referral programs the bank is putting together as part of its integration with Merrill Lynch, including one that would offer leads from the commercial banking division to certain Merrill Lynch advisors. |
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.
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. |
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.
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.
June 1, 2004
Will Leitch |
Accused A recent mutual fund scandal at Edward Jones causes a temporary hiccup in the firm's reputation. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2010
Howard J. Stock |
Back Office Move Has Advisors Up In Arms -- Some Bolt Questions surround what will happen to BAI clients when Merrill moves their accounts from National Financial to Merrill Lynch. |
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.
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. |
Financial Advisor
August 2007 |
Letters to the Editor Unfortunate Depiction... Interesting Murray... What Credentials?... etc. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005 |
By the Numbers Top 10 Broker/Dealers, by Advisor Headcount: Merrill Lynch... Wachovia... Smith Barney... Morgan Stanley... etc. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2011 |
Poll: Are Advisors Being Pressed to Peddle Bank Products? To what extent do brokers at Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Advisors and elsewhere want to sell banking products? |
Registered Rep.
January 10, 2011
Susan Konig |
In Tough Year, Unearthing Opportunities For Branch Managers Shifts in the wealth management business could spell opportunity for those managers who are able to reinvent themselves. |
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.
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
July 18, 2007
Kevin Burke |
Merrill Reports Strong Revenues, Adds 270 Advisors Merrill Lynch's retail brokerage arm turns in another strong quarter, as fee-based revenue continued to climb to record levels. |
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
Neck And Neck, Morgan and Merrill On Hiring Sprees Both firms say they plan to add net financial advisors in 2010, adding to stated plans to sign up 2,000 trainees each this year. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2013
Mason Braswell |
Reporting for Duty: Hiring Military Veterans Many firms have enlisted former military personnel to beef up their employee ranks. |
