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Registered Rep. March 7, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Morgan Stanley May Drop "Smith Barney" From Name Will the Smith Barney name go the way of A.G. Edwards, Bear Stearns, and other brokerages whose historic identities were sublimated following acquisitions by larger firms?
Registered Rep. April 18, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Chuck Prince: Smith Barney Goin' Nowhere Citigroup's CEO has been at the center of company news recently with his plans to cut costs including last week's announcement of about 17,000 job cuts. That cut may affect over 100 Smith Barney employees and about 30 advisors.
Registered Rep. October 18, 2007 Halah Touryalai	At Citi, Profits Are Down; Smith Barney Wins Five Morgan FAs With Nearly $600m AUM; ML Loses Two Citigroups' third-quarter profits are down 57%... over at its Smith Barney unit, Charlie Johnston's team had a pretty good recruiting week... etc.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004	Comings & Goings Smith Barney has promoted Bob Matthews to director of wealth management ... Independent Dallas-based True North Advisors has added Brett Anderson to its team... etc.
Registered Rep. March 3, 2008 Christina Mucciolo	Krawcheck Says Advisors Not Forced Into Wealth Silos: UPDATE Citigroup's reorganization of its private bank and Global Wealth Management division, announced Tuesday, will absolutely not force advisors into silos based on client wealth.
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.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney: New Focus On the Horizon While most Smith Barney advisor respondents were generally unimpressed by the acquisition of Legg advisors, it'll be interesting to see if Smith Barney's jettisoning of its asset management group -- and resulting new focus on retail distribution -- will rejuvenate the firm.
Registered Rep. May 30, 2003 David A. Gaffen	The New Smith Barney CEO Sallie Krawcheck was recruited to restore the credibility of Smith Barney and lead the business through its toughest slump in a generation. Krawcheck wants Smith Barney advisors to more than double their average annual production to $1 million.
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. March 8, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Morgan Stanley Advisors Paid to Put Clients in New Amex Credit Card Morgan Stanley Smith Barney financial advisors and client service associates will get a "small" amount of compensation for the administrative process of handling card sign up.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 John Churchill	Secret to a Long Career: Going with the Flow Irene Bann's 78-year tenure as a Smith Barney broker is full of lessons for the reps of today, but perhaps none is so important as her approach to overcoming adversity in her career and in life. "You just get on with it," she says.
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.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005	Comings & Goings Terry Kassel, head of Merrill Lynch's human resources department, will be retiring... Smith Barney has hired Stacy Brandom as chief financial officer of the Global Private Client Group... etc.
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 29, 2004 David Gaffen	Smith Barney Stays the Course Contrary to other large wirehouse brokerages, Smith Barney does not plan on aggressively expanding its sales force at this time.
Registered Rep. January 9, 2008 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney Snags Three Advisors From Rivals Smith Barney has started off the new year right with a recruiting victory. The firm recently hired three Merrill Lynch reps and one UBS advisor.
Registered Rep. August 12, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Building a Better Separate-Account Mousetrap Separately managed accounts can be confusing, but the paperwork and operations behind them need not be -- or at least that's the thrust of a new effort by Smith Barney Consulting Group.
On Wall Street February 1, 2010	Raymond Harris The vice chairman of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney talks about his career path.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Expand the Sales Force? Not Smith Barney The firm does not plan on aggressively expanding its sales force at this time, but rather intends to maintain its staffing level --- currently about 12,500 financial advisors.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Angela Covo	Skirts Vs. Smith Barney Less than 10 years after they settled the infamous "boom-boom room" case, Smith Barney is being sued for gender discrimination again.
Registered Rep. October 23, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Spartis Cleared In Failure to Cooperate Charge Former Smith Barney broker Phil Spartis, who was responsible for overseeing the options exercise program for WorldCom employees, has been cleared of a charge brought against him by the New York Stock Exchange.
Registered Rep. December 12, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Smith Barney Pay Package: Perks Balance Cuts? This week, Smith Barney will become the first firm to make a change to its payout grid as a result of the securities industry's recent battle over broker overtime pay and so-called chargebacks.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2008 Hesh Reinfeld	Tough Call, Tough Client Recently, I got a call that startled me. "Mr. Reinfeld, this is Congressman Smith's office. Can you hold? The congressman would like to talk to you."
On Wall Street May 6, 2010 Pat Olsen	Life Stories: Denise Wypiszenski The Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of private wealth management company Robert W. Baird shares her career path.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 Christina Mucciolo	Citi Reorganizes For Smith Barney Citigroup announces plans to reorganize its private bank and Global Wealth Management division into four separate units according to client wealth.
Registered Rep. July 9, 2009 Churchill & French	Smith Barney Loses Top Executive, CFO Program To Be Rebranded After just 7 months on the job, Chris di Bonaventura, head of the Citi Family Office group, handed in his resignation.
Registered Rep. September 13, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Overtime Finally Pays Off Smith Barney brokers may be the first to cash in on overtime lawsuits that have been all the rage over the last two years.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill	Crackberry Addicts Fight Back Run afoul of the law while tapping or yapping into your Blackberry and you may have a case-against your employer.
On Wall Street October 1, 2008	Who's News Staffing announcements from wirehouses, regionals and private banks.
Registered Rep. May 7, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Smith Barney Closes a Few Offices, Prepares to Consolidate Others The firm prepares to consolidate as part of a larger cost-cutting program in the works at parent Citigroup.
On Wall Street April 1, 2010	Who's News People: David S. Lynn joins Morgan Stanley Smith Barney... UBS Private Wealth Management promotes Frank Minerva to COO... Philip Fett joins JPMorgan Chase... more...
Registered Rep. December 23, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Smith Barney's Unified Managed Accounts Raises $500 million Though still in its infancy, Smith Barney's unified managed account has gathered more than $500 million in assets in just two-and-a-half months. The UMA has been heralded as the next stage in the managed account arms race.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 David Geracioti	Sallie Krawcheck A conversation with Sally Krawcheck, CEO of Citigroup's Smith Barney unit, about the company's recent reorganization.
Registered Rep. November 10, 2010 Diana Britton	Outlook 2011: Multi-Year Bull Market Upon Us We are in a multi-year bull market for equities, especially emerging market equities, said panelists at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's 2011 outlook event Wednesday.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2004	Comings & Goings Sam Vetas, one of Morgan Stanley's top producers has moved... Joe Biondo Sr. recently went independent from Smith Barney... Former Registered Rep. columnist Harry Pappas has switched firms... etc.
Registered Rep. December 16, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Smith Barney's Matthews Retires; Johnston Steps In Tom Matthews, president of Smith Barney's global private client group, is retiring and Charles Johnston, currently director of the retail branch system at the firm, will replace him.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007 John Churchill	Sallie's Back At first glance, this second coming of Sallie Krawcheck probably looks like a cakewalk compared to her first adventure in 2002. But, make no mistake: Smith Barney is not the awesome brokerage it appears to be on paper.
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. September 27, 2006 Angela Covo	Women on Wall Street Still Fighting Discrimination Less than 10 years after they settled the infamous "boom-boom room" case, Smith Barney is being sued for discrimination again. The new lawsuit doesn't include sexual-harassment charges, but does address the economics of gender discrimination.
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. 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 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Sallie Krawcheck Has Left the Building In a move that presages future Citigroup plans, Smith Barney CEO Sallie Krawcheck and Citigroup's CFO Todd Thomson have switched offices.
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's King Breaks Away, Taps Dynasty for Help A Morgan Stanley Smith Barney team led by Larry King in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. left the wirehouse and started an independent registered investment advisor, King Wealth Management Group.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Weill Postpones Elimination of Salomon Name Sandy Weill, the chairman of Salomon Smith Barney's parent Citigroup, has informed brokers and other employees that plans to eliminate the Salomon name, a Wall Street hallmark for nearly a century, have been postponed, according to sources.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005	Errata and Clarification Due to an editing error, a "Where Are They Now?" brief in the Ten To Watch feature package (August 2005) was incorrect... Due to an error by a Smith Barney spokesperson, September's Top 50 Advisors table erroneously listed Ed McNamee...
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005	Comings & Goings Morgan Stanley made several key additions last month... A top producer, Bryan Strachan, left Merrill Lynch to join Smith Barney in its Boston office... On the wholesaling front, Paul Schieber was promoted to director of internal wholesaling at... etc.
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.
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. January 1, 2007 Kristen French	More or Less? Smith Barney overhauled its pay package -- just in time for the new year. Some of the changes it made were pretty radical -- especially for an industry in which any pay change, no matter how minor, is often a source of uproar.
Registered Rep. July 21, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Assets, Advisors Decline at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Q2 Morgan Stanley is making continued progress on its integration with Smith Barney, but declines in assets and headcount suggest it may be feeling the pain of client and advisor departures.