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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.
Registered Rep. June 5, 2012 Diana Britton	A Regional Resurgence After years of being considered acquisition targets, regional broker/dealers may be making a comeback.
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. 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.
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Conrad & Mitchell	Indies' Gain Ground Registered investment advisor firms, independent broker-dealers and dually registered advisors are gaining market shares at the expense of wirehouses.
Registered Rep. July 22, 2013 Mindy Diamond	The Long Road Home Wirehouse firms are recruiting more independent advisors to their ranks than ever before.
Registered Rep. July 26, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	Online Brokerages Still Grabbing Market Share From Wirehouses Online brokerages continue to take market share from the wirehouses, according to a new report.
Registered Rep. December 20, 2012 Diana Britton	Are Your Clients Cheating on You? Probably You may be in denial, but chances are, your clients are cheating on you. A recent report by Cerulli Associates found that 74 percent of investors own a direct investing account, but advisors believe it's much less.
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. November 4, 2011 Kristen French	Indie Exodus: Overhyped? In 2009, in the wake of arguably one of the biggest financial crises this country has seen since the Great Depression, over 3,000 financial advisors left Merrill Lynch, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo to start life over at an independent broker/dealer or RIA firm.
Financial Advisor March 2012	UBS Reeling In Merrill Advisors The big four wirehouse firms are always trying to poach top talent from their rivals, but UBS Wealth Management seems to be doing a particularly job good job of late when it comes to snagging advisor teams from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 Frances A. McMorris	The Burgeoning Battle For The Best And The Brightest What are the wirehouse behemoths doing to keep their advisors happy, attract others, and, in turn, maintain the bulk of high-net-worth client assets?
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. 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. June 2, 2011 Diana Britton	America's Top Independent Brokerages The Merrills and Morgan Stanleys of the world say it was never an exodus, the migration is over, and it was only those advisors who couldn't make it in the cutthroat wirehouse world who crossed over to the independent side of the business.
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.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Devil Take the Hindmost The headlines in the media note that advisor headcount was down 2.3 percent overall in 2011. But it was the independent broker/dealer market that accounted for the biggest hit in the numbers.
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. November 6, 2012 John Aidan Byrne	DIY Platforms Are Gaining the Mass Affluent Pressure to serve only the wealthiest, wirehouses are ceding the mass affluent to the independent, DIY brokerage platforms. Indeed, "direct" brokerages are beginning to offer more advice.
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. September 26, 2013 Megan Leonhardt	Bigger Is Better There's a perception that there is less innovation in the wirehouses than the independent channel.
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.
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.
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. November 26, 2012 Mindy Diamond	Advisors Sober Up For 2013 While the trend toward independence slowed a bit from previous years, 2012 was the year the independent channel legitimized its place next to the more traditional players.
Registered Rep. April 21, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Morgan Stanley Profits Rise, Advisor Count Flat Morgan Stanley on Wednesday reported higher-than-expected revenues and profits in the first quarter, lifted by its acquisition last spring of Smith Barney and by higher fixed income.
Registered Rep. January 3, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Raiders of the Wirehouse Ark The emergence of HighTower as a major player in the independent space also dovetails with the changes that have shaken the wirehouse industry since the 2008 financial crash.
On Wall Street September 1, 2011 Lorie Konish	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's $1 Trillion Target Morgan Stanley Smith Barney focuses on growing its Consulting Group division, where it aims to double the assets in the managed account group to more than $1 trillion within the next five years.
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.
Financial Advisor March 2012	Wirehouses Still King Of The Hill Despite headlines about breakaway brokers and the ascendency of the independent, fee-based advisory model, the Big Four wirehouses are still holding their own.
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 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.
On Wall Street August 1, 2012 Mason Braswell	Solid Business Models Key to Success in Difficult Economy The second quarter has just wrapped up. It's after the closing bell on the first Wednesday of what many analysts believe will be a tempestuous round of earnings announcements. But Ron Kruszewski, the president and chief executive officer of Stifel Nicolaus, is bullishly calm.
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.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2011 Selena Maranjian	Investing: Do It Yourself and Profit Americans have figured out how to keep more of their money.
On Wall Street February 1, 2012	Who's News New hires for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, UBS Wealth Management, and Raymond James.
Investment Advisor September 2009 Melanie Waddell	Not So Fast Cerulli Associates data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away.
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. 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. December 14, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	Wirehouses Dangle New Carrots, Small Sticks In 2013 Across the board, all four major wirehouses tweaked their compensation plans for the upcoming year; In some cases, they are upping the bar to earn payouts and putting greater emphasis on incentives to gain new, richer clients.
On Wall Street January 1, 2010	The Hire Powers Speak Out Headhunters open up about hiring, entrepreneurial mindsets, and wirehouse business models.
On Wall Street January 1, 2011 Lorie Konish	Time To Move Past Dark Days After a year filled with slow overall growth and shifting hierarchy with the integration of big names like Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, the industry should be ready with more efficient business models and potentially higher profits in the coming year.
Registered Rep. February 13, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Raymond James Ramping Up Its RIA with New Leadership, Investment The new president, Bill Van Law, said the company plans to make a significant investment in the business in the months ahead.
Registered Rep. November 21, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Why Wirehouse FAs Pass on the RIA Path Independence is appealing to a growing number of wirehouse advisors, but the RIA route clearly has some challenges for most of them.
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. March 8, 2012 Kristen French	Direct Investment Sites Are Stealing Even More of Your Business There will always be clients who want a local advisor who doesn't work for a big firm, or someone they can golf with. The E-Trade baby may be cute, but it's unlikely he'll keep a tee time with you.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Merrill, MSSB Invest in New Technology Wirehouse firms continue to upgrade their advisor workstation technology following the recent consolidation among firms.
Registered Rep. September 11, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Survey Says: Wall Street Advisors Going...Wait For It...Independent! Wall Street wirehouse firms are expected to see a net loss of $188 billion in client assets to other channels in the industry, including RIAs, independent broker/dealers and regional b/ds.