For the first time in years, Judith Bedell and Mike Frazier got to call the shots when they negotiated a new lease for their advisory business in Walnut Creek, Calif.
Concerns about scam artists driving public to self-directed accounts
Jerry Pascucci, the chief investment officer for alternative investments at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, is joining the U.S. wealth management unit of UBS AG to run alternatives for high-net-worth clients.
Having been burned by the market more than once, investors now seem to be twice as shy about handing over their hard-earned money to a new financial adviser.
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Even though the stock market staged a recovery through most of 2009, the investment advisory industry struggled.
Cold calling, as a method for bringing in new accounts, appears to be alive and well.
For many advisers, politics ranks right up there with sex and religion as a topic to avoid when talking with clients.
Just like some home sellers who resort to a fresh coat of paint to enhance their home's “curb appeal,” financial advisers can take steps to help their practices sell faster and for a higher price.
A $500 million-plus team in Eugene, Ore., has left Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC to set up as an independent advisory firm — but not without a legal challenge by MSSB.
This year, while I was organizing a mission trip to Mississippi for teens and adults, I sent out weekly e-mails with up-dates on our travel plans.
If Don Whalen had to make an elevator speech about his product, he would probably describe PreciseFP as an online universal client data entry form.
The firm named both Ray Schuville and George Jenckes private client advisers and Josh Glazer private client manager.
When it comes to dealing with wholesalers, financial advisers prefer phone or online conversations over face-to-face meetings.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has lost a $3 million producing team of veteran Smith Barney brokers to rival J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.
The suit is one of several arising between Edwards and its successor firms and Stifel as a number of Edwards brokers deserted ship in the wake of the 2007 takeover of Edwards by Wachovia Securities LLC.
Mark Palmer, a Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. executive, today was named national sales manager at Cetera Financial Group, the broker-dealer network owned by private-equity firm Lightyear Capital LLC.
