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NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 22, 2010
BofA wants to train – not recruit – up to 2,000 new brokers this year

After trimming the ranks of its brokerage force, Bank of America Corp. wants to put more troops in the field again — this time by promoting and training foot soldiers

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
TD Ameritrade's Bradley takes on Krawcheck, CNBC and brokerages

Tom Bradley, president and chief executive of TD Ameritrade Institutional, is still hopping mad that Sallie Krawcheck, president of global wealth and investment management at Bank of America Corp., dissed independent registered investment advisers during an appearance on CNBC last month. To boot, he's a little ticked at CNBC too.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
Bank-owned asset management firms hustle to earn their keep

Money managers owned by global investment banks are re-engineering their business models in response to mounting pressure to earn their keep.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 21, 2010
How the big brokerages are performing

With investor confidence starting to bud, we look at earnings for seven of the biggest players in the brokerage sector.

NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 21, 2010
Merrill Lynch will pay Maine $400K to settle claims over improper securities sales

Maine securities regulators say Merrill Lynch will pay the state $400,000 to resolve claims that the brokerage allowed some of its associates to sell securities without being properly registered.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 21, 2010
TD Ameritrade reports record rise in net new assets

The company said lower trading volume and low interest rates, together with the seasonally slow summer months, will affect its financial results in the near term.

Wall Street ramps up hiring as profits return
NEWS RIAS APR 21, 2010
Wall Street ramps up hiring as profits return

The top firms are starting to expand payrolls, albeit gradually. If form follows, non-banks will soon start adding more employees, too

NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 21, 2010
Clearing the air about wirehouse news coverage

If everybody thinks we're picking on them, it probably means we're serving the people we're supposed to be serving: our readers.

HighTower broker sued for selling investments tied to Ponzi scheme
NEWS RIAS APR 21, 2010
HighTower broker sued for selling investments tied to Ponzi scheme

Investors claim Curtis Lyman sold them promissory notes in a feeder fund for $1.4B scam

NEWS RIAS APR 21, 2010
Morgan Stanley wealth manager moves to HighTower

HighTower Advisors LLC has hired another adviser from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC's ranks — despite facing a continuing “lift-out” lawsuit that Morgan Stanley brought against it last month.

NEWS RIAS APR 21, 2010
HighTower snatches longtime Morgan Stanley team

HighTower Advisors LLC announced today that it has snapped up another team of advisers, this time from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to cut branches in the U.S. — but grow overseas
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 20, 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to cut branches in the U.S. — but grow overseas

Morgan Stanley will continue to cut branches in the United States as it integrates its overlapping outposts with Smith Barney, but hopes to expand in the rapidly growing overseas market.

Wells Fargo earnings down in 1Q — but advisory biz sees big jump in profit
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 20, 2010
Wells Fargo earnings down in 1Q — but advisory biz sees big jump in profit

Wells Fargo may have seen a modest dip in income in the first quarter of the year, but its advisory biz saw a big jump in productivity -- and profit

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 20, 2010
BofA's Krawcheck backs fiduciary standard

Best way to stop RIA growth is to put clients first, Merrill's boss says

Charles Schwab profit takes a tumble in 1Q
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 20, 2010
Charles Schwab profit takes a tumble in 1Q

First-quarter earnings were down 45% at the discount brokerage. One positive sign: the number of net new accounts rose

TD Ameritrade's Tomczyk: We have 'firepower' for an acquisition
NEWS RIAS APR 20, 2010
TD Ameritrade's Tomczyk: We have 'firepower' for an acquisition

E*Trade Financial Corp. shares gained the most since December after TD Ameritrade CEO noted that his firm could pull off a major deal

Data theft once again puts LPL clients at risk
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 20, 2010
Data theft once again puts LPL clients at risk

In a security snafu, an unencrypted storage device was apparently stolen from a rep's car.

NEWS RIAS APR 20, 2010
Neuberger Berman taps J.P. Morgan Clearing as new custodian

Move expected to occur during the second quarter, and will affect approximately 50,000 client accounts.

NEWS RIAS APR 20, 2010
TD Ameritrade ups RIA focus

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 20, 2010
BNY Mellon snags BHF unit

In its second big purchase in a month, the firm dramatically boosts its profile in Europe.