The bank remains committed to turning itself around after a series of scandals, but implementing all its plans will take time, Scharf said in prepared testimony for a congressional committee hearing.
After its spate of acquisitions, Morgan Stanley now has relationships with 16.5 million clients, Andy Saperstein, its head of wealth management, points out.
Kim Garrison is moving to the firm's employee channel in Springfield, Missouri.
The announcement that the bank hired law firm Covington & Burling to do an assessment comes as CEO Scharf prepares to appear at a pair of congressional hearings.
The firm becomes a founding sponsor of the Center for Financial Planning, whose mission is to build a more inclusive talent pipeline.
The Wells Fargo retirement plan paid more than fair market value for stock that diminished participants' savings when it was allocated to their accounts.
Six long-time Merrill advisers in Oakland, California, and Savannah, Georgia, switch to LPL's employee unit, Linsco.
The Clemens McHugh Financial Consulting Group is joining the firm in Westlake, Ohio.
An attorney who formerly represented the TV talk show host claimed that Williams was 'left to die' by her adviser at Wells Fargo and her former business manager.
The acquisition of the robo-adviser was the centerpiece of UBS CEO Ralph Hamers' focus on broadening the wirehouse's wealth management offering.
On Wednesday, James Iannazzo agreed to pay $7,500, an amount his attorney called a 'token payment.'
The two investment banks both told staff that they will lift some of their remaining Covid-19 mitigation efforts after the Labor Day weekend.
Thomas Barr will operate his firm, Barr Wealth Management, from Steward's New York City offices.
'This is where investors want to be putting cash to work,' said Andy Sieg, president of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.
A desire to act in the best interests of the firm's clients leads to launch of Moran Wealth Management in Naples, Florida, with 36 employees.
The fintech has purchased UBS Fund Advisor, the wirehouse’s legacy proprietary U.S. alternative investment manager and feeder fund platform that represents $7 billion in client assets.
Here are some of the things about working as an independent adviser that may surprise those who've made the jump from a wirehouse.
The wirehouse is also adding additional automation to its Shareworks and Equity Edge Online platforms.
Decades after coining the term 'exchange-traded fund,' the firm plans to offer four socially conscious funds under the Calvert label.
The S&P 500 was down almost 21% over the first six months of the year, but financial advisers at big firms didn't crash and burn.
