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As in-person conferences restart, attendees want one thing above all else
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 22, 2021
As in-person conferences restart, attendees want one thing above all else

New report shows financial adviser conference attendees are less impressed with sponsor status than they are with solid content from those sponsors.

Four-woman, $800 million Wells Fargo team goes indie
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 22, 2021
Four-woman, $800 million Wells Fargo team goes indie

Miami-based Green Grove Wealth Management is affiliating with Insigneo.

Janney nabs three wirehouse teams managing almost $1.4B
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 20, 2021
Janney nabs three wirehouse teams managing almost $1.4B

Four reps from Merrill Lynch join Janney, along with six advisers in two groups from Wells Fargo.

UBS wealth management boosts assets as adviser head count slips
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 20, 2021
UBS wealth management boosts assets as adviser head count slips

UBS in the Americas appears to be focusing on recruiting giant teams of private banking advisers as it continues to see experienced advisers walk to competitors.

Morgan Stanley trio managing $700 million goes indie
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 20, 2021
Morgan Stanley trio managing $700 million goes indie

Los Angeles-based PBC Private Wealth will use LPL’s strategic wealth services, a unit that supports breakaways.

UBS assets and fee income surge in Q2
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUL 20, 2021
UBS assets and fee income surge in Q2

The wealth management business saw $25 billion of inflows of net new fee-generating assets across all regions and also made $7 billion in net new loans to rich clients in the quarter.

'Salary plus bonus' will arrive at the wirehouses
NEWS OPINION JUL 16, 2021
'Salary plus bonus' will arrive at the wirehouses

The switch in the compensation model will arrive silently, via death from a thousand cuts.

Wells Fargo says return to office will look ‘mostly’ like pre-Covid
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 16, 2021
Wells Fargo says return to office will look ‘mostly’ like pre-Covid

The bank, with almost 260,000 employees, will start calling workers back to the office on Sept. 7, a process that will continue through October, according to an internal memo.

The outlook for the independent broker-dealer model
NEWS OPINION JUL 15, 2021
The outlook for the independent broker-dealer model

For the increasingly fee-based advisers at independent broker-dealers, the transition to the RIA model is likely to pick up speed in the years to come.

Wells Fargo Advisors head count sinks 9.8% annually
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUL 14, 2021
Wells Fargo Advisors head count sinks 9.8% annually

Wells Fargo & Co. is revamping its wealth management franchise and such changes often lead to a reduction of the number of financial advisers at large enterprises.

Merrill Lynch adviser head count drops as self-directed investing soars
NEWS FINTECH JUL 14, 2021
Merrill Lynch adviser head count drops as self-directed investing soars

Merrill Lynch reported a 6% dip in adviser head count and said that 80,000 clients are now using its self-directed investing platform.

Wells Fargo reps managing $1 billion move to Raymond James
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 12, 2021
Wells Fargo reps managing $1 billion move to Raymond James

Orlando Garcia and Miguel Viyella join the firm's employee unit in Coral Gables, Florida.

Wells Fargo shuts down personal credit lines
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUL 09, 2021
Wells Fargo shuts down personal credit lines

The bank said it will no longer offer the product to customers as part of an effort to simply its offerings.

Discrimination class action suit filed against BofA, Merrill
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 08, 2021
Discrimination class action suit filed against BofA, Merrill

Two former reps say African Americans received less pay, support than others at the firm.

Morgan Stanley discloses data breach of its StockPlan Connect business
NEWS FINTECH JUL 08, 2021
Morgan Stanley discloses data breach of its StockPlan Connect business

The investment bank was notified of the breach by a vendor that provides account maintenance for the stock plan business. The files did not contain passwords that could be used to access financial accounts, according to a company memo.

Captrust marks 50th acquisition with $2.1 billion RIA
NEWS RIAS JUL 08, 2021
Captrust marks 50th acquisition with $2.1 billion RIA

The Raleigh, North Carolina-based aggregator has grown to $60 billion under management and $600 billion under advisement, and claims "no end in sight."

Wirehouses fall flat on adviser satisfaction: J.D. Power
NEWS FINTECH JUL 07, 2021
Wirehouses fall flat on adviser satisfaction: J.D. Power

Despite payout rates and branding that suggest higher levels of support, the top brokerage firms are not meeting adviser expectations, according to a recent survey of over 3,000 advisers.

Merrill Lynch rep managing $250 million goes indie with LPL
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 07, 2021
Merrill Lynch rep managing $250 million goes indie with LPL

Joseph Myer has formed Veritas Capital Management in Ashburn, Virginia, and is affiliating with LPL through Gladstone Wealth.

Wells Fargo duo managing $580 million joins LPL
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUN 28, 2021
Wells Fargo duo managing $580 million joins LPL

Steven Carlsen and Sathya Chey are forming a firm, Arise Private Wealth, in Rolling Hills Estates, California.

UBS will let two-thirds of employees adopt permanent hybrid work
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 28, 2021
UBS will let two-thirds of employees adopt permanent hybrid work

The bank hasn't set a date for returning to the office. Employees can start applying for hybrid work once local pandemic rules allow them to return full-time to the office.