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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. 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. 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.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. June 28, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Wachovia Securities to Make New Home in St. Louis Federal Antitrust regulators approved Wachovia Corp.'s acquisition of A.G. Edwards. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter, most likely in October.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Good Deal, Wachovia! Strong quarterly results from A.G. Edwards reaffirm the wisdom of Wachovia's pending purchase. Investors, take note.
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.
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 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. December 10, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Wells Fargo Wants To Expand Wealth Biz Chief Executive John Stumpf was quoted as saying he felt the "sub-optimized" wealth business could stand some expansion.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	A.G. Edwards Misses the Mark The full-service broker reports Q2 earnings just shy of estimates.
Registered Rep. June 15, 2007 Kevin Burke	Wachovia Extends Olive Branch to A.G. Edwards Reps. Will They Accept? Just 15 days after it announced it was buying A.G. Edwards, Wachovia Securities announced its retention package for A.G. Edwards reps.
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).
Registered Rep. October 3, 2008 Kristen French	Wachovia Hooks Up with Wells Fargo; Citi Says Wachovia In Breach Citigroup's deal with Wachovia gets ousted over the new deal with Wells Fargo. Wachovia shareholders and advisors are relieved.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	A.G. Edwards: Quietly, the Leader of the Pack Building on its strong performance from a year ago, A.G. Edwards lit up the scoreboard this year. Advisors say the St. Louis-based firm has a high-quality work environment, commitment to clients and freedom from pushing certain products.
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.
Bank Systems & Technology November 1, 2005 Maria Bruno-Britz	Don't Sweat the Small Stuff The head of Wells Fargo's technology operations, communications systems and payments strategies says it's important to look beyond implementing the latest and greatest technology for its own sake but to examine its ability to forward the organization's goals.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Will Leitch	Edwards Weighing How to Settle A.G. Edwards is ready to talk about paying for its transgressions in the sale of Class B and Class C mutual fund shares.
Registered Rep. October 22, 2008	Wachovia Reports Record $24 Billion Loss, Brokerage Results Weak, But With Bright Spots The massive loss was due primarily to declining values in its retail and small business banking divisions. But the retail brokerage and wealth management units didn't fare so well either.
Registered Rep. May 2, 2007 John Churchill	SEC Fines A.G. Edwards for Failure to Supervise Add A.G. Edwards to the long list of firms that have been fined by the SEC for long-ago failures to supervise brokers who deceptively market timed mutual funds.
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.
Wall Street & Technology November 29, 2004 Chris Murphy	Long Live Long Term Long-term IT projects -- and even good, old-fashioned mega projects -- haven't completely vanished in this short-term world.
On Wall Street February 1, 2011 Frances A. McMorris	From Book Smart To Street Smart Paul Clever stands before a classroom of 89 new financial advisors who braved 14-degree temperatures, snow and flight delays to get to St. Louis.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Is A.G. Edwards A-OK? The financial services company doesn't operate like its peers -- and that's a plus for investors.
Registered Rep. April 13, 2012 Kristen French	Wells Fargo Wealth Management Business Posts Stagnant First Quarter Wells Fargo's wealth management business reported no growth in assets and a slight decline in advisors for the first quarter versus the same time period a year ago.
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.
Wall Street & Technology November 29, 2004 Paul Allen	A.G. Edwards' Grand Plan Deal with Thomson Financial could raise costs in the short term, but it's all part of a long-term technology plan to simplify its infrastructure.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005	I'm A Broker, You're A Broker At most publicly traded national broker/dealers, about 35 percent of employees are called financial advisors.
Registered Rep. April 12, 2004 Will Leitch	A.G. Edwards Inks Deal With Morningstar A. G. Edwards signs deal with investment research firm Morningstar to integrate its mutual fund research, data and ratings with Edwards' existing infrastructure.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005	Great Moments in Financial Planning University of Michigan wide receiver Braylon Edwards was one of the top draft picks in the 2005 NFL Draft. He is expected to sign for millions. But he might want to hire a new financial advisor.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Chelsea Hardaway	A Random Walk Down Brand Street The corporate way of communicating has been so bad for so long, many of us have stopped caring altogether. A.G. Edwards: Finally, a brokerage firm that gets it.
Registered Rep. May 13, 2003 Will Leitch	A.G. Edwards Ready For Its Close-Up After years of subsisting as a well regarded, lightly publicized regional firm (albeit the largest one), A.G. Edwards is stepping it up a notch. The firm wants to raise its nationwide profile, which is vastly smaller than that of the larger wirehouses.
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.
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 Dean Foust in Atlanta	A Rare Win For Wounded Investors A.G. Edwards is settling with a group of P&G retirees featured in a BW report
Registered Rep. June 7, 2004 Will Leitch	A.G. Edwards Signs Tech Deal with Dell A.G. Edwards has struck an outsourcing deal with Dell, under which the computer firm will provide server systems, desktop computers and on-site support to the firm's reps.
Registered Rep. February 25, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Wells Fargo Settles Sex Discrimination Claims For $32 Million Wells Fargo Advisors has tentatively agreed to a $32 million settlement of a federal class-action gender discrimination lawsuit brought in 2009 by three women financial advisors who worked at its legacy Wachovia Securities brokerage.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Will Leitch	Back to School at A.G. Edwards A.G. Edwards is not the first brokerage firm to encourage its brokers to continue their educations, but the firm has come up with a novel twist: Its continuing education classes now qualify for college credits.
Registered Rep. July 23, 2008 John Churchill	Wachovia Earnings Down; Stock Up 27 Percent In Two Days While Wachovia Corp. was busy posting bad numbers, its two retail financial advisory units -- one for high-net-worth financial planning and the other for retail brokerage, including A.G. Edwards -- did relatively well.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A.G. Edwards Continues to Evolve Efforts to build up the asset-management business should bring greater long-term stability. Though the stock doesn't look like a compelling bargain today, the company is improving itself.
Registered Rep. January 14, 2010 Kristen French	Wells Fargo FAs Grumble About New Tax Withholding Rate Wells Fargo's new tax withholding system applies a flat rate of 25 percent to all financial advisors, causing under/over withholding problems for many employees.
Registered Rep. January 21, 2005 Will Leitch	A.G. Edwards Offering Courses for College Credit The firm cleared the classes with the American Council on Education, allowing them to help brokers who are interested to work toward undergraduate degrees with elective credits. The firm claims they are the first retail brokerage to offer such a program.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006	Comings & Goings Ty Schommer, Lynn Soiseth, James "Vince" O'Reilly, and Scott Ingrim have joined A.G. Edwards in Anchorage, Ala... RBC Dain Rauscher has named Tim Jones business development director for the firm's Southern region... etc.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	News and Products NASD Chairman Mary Schapiro announced July 12 that the new self-regulatory organization... Raymond James advisors Judith McGee, Sheryl Stephens, and Margaret Starner were listed... etc.
CIO June 1, 2006 Meridith Levinson	When Failure Is Not an Option Five years ago, almost half of A.G. Edwards' IT projects were late and over budget. Now it boasts an 88% project success rate. How did it do that? By galvanizing IT, reinventing its PMO, and relying on a standard framework to track projects and create accountability.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 John Churchill	Shaky Third Quarter Gives Advisors Pause The last quarter hasn't been great for retail brokerages. Low trading activity and geopolitical uncertainty kept investors on the sidelines, and advisors are feeling the pinch.
On Wall Street February 1, 2013 Mason Braswell	Connecting with Clients Could Lead to Opportunity Firms are partnering with their advisors to help mid-market business owner clients retire.
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.