The latest episode of the InvestmentNews Podcast looks at Merrill’s headache trying to manage broker trainees who are learning to cold-call from home
With back-to-office plans in flux, the acceleration of digital-driven processes among advisers is a trend for the long haul
The brokerage will also be getting back the 650 trainees it shifted to the wider bank to help with PPP loans
Fixed-income trading revenue almost tripled during the second quarter
Wells Fargo Advisors says it is focused on hiring bigger producing teams
Former governor says the firm, two former brokers were responsible for $50 million in losses
Prospecting is now more difficult, and advisers said they are less effective at selling products, a report from Limra and others shows
James Koestner switches firms in Dallas
The Miami-based independent platform is the second to poach an adviser team from the wirehouse in the last week
Maryland-based CenterPoint Wealth Advisors will use the firm's B-D and RIA platforms
The advisers are the first breakaway team Sanctuary has picked up from the wirehouse this year
The semiannual study shows the breakaway trend is increasingly gaining steam
Ridgeline Wealth Management had been affiliated with Wells Fargo's FiNet
Other big banks are maintaining their dividend payments in the wake of new Fed restrictions
The restrictions relate bank dividends to recent earnings, and Wells Fargo's earnings slumped 89% in the first three months of the year
Bank buybacks are also banned through the third quarter; Wells Fargo seen most at risk for dividend cut
Market Street Group will join the office RBC recently opened in St. Louis
The firm is expanding the choices available in its separately managed accounts
Being in the office is more important for some employees, like bankers working on an IPO, and less important for others, like advisers working with wealthy clients, bank’s COO says
Beth Lawlor was named president of the bank’s private wealth management business
