Wirehouses

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NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 31, 2013
Wirehouse turnover picks up, but it's mostly musical chairs

Recent moves point to building momentum after year and a half of sluggish action

NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 30, 2013
Two teams join Wells Fargo from Merrill, UBS

Groups from Salt Lake City, Charlotte, N.C., manage close to $500M combined.

NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 27, 2013
Wirehouses find a way through 401(k) regulation

As 401(k) plan advising gets closer attention from regulators, brokers are finding a way to play

NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 24, 2013
UBS adds four-member team from Merrill that managed $3.1 billion

L.A.-based group is latest in wave of high-value advisers switching firms.

NEWS RIAS OCT 23, 2013
Largest wealth group at UBS in San Diego goes independent

Ajay Gupta and partners managed $540 million at wirehouse; clients include new-age guru Chopra.

NEWS RIAS OCT 22, 2013
The $50B wirehouse heist

Rudy Adolf of Focus Financial has done the math: Wall Street wirehouses destroy close to $50 billion of portfolio value each year with "unnecessary fees and depressed performance based on poor product choices, or both."

NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 21, 2013
Merrill adds team with more than $1B in client assets

Plus, Morgan Stanley's Graystone Consulting gets new executive director, financial adviser.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 21, 2013
Wells Fargo Advisors lands $1B team

Four-adviser team have combined production of $5.8 million.

NEWS RIAS OCT 18, 2013
RIAs are losing competitive edge

RIAs appear to be losing their competitive edge. Why? Wirehouses and regional firms are adopting some of their practices.

NEWS RIAS OCT 15, 2013
UBS team goes indie

Largest wealth management team in San Diego.

NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 11, 2013
Billion-dollar teams on the move

Two advisers split Morgan Stanley to join RBC but the wirehouse adds three teams.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS OCT 07, 2013
Three biggies add $1B teams to ranks

Moves by Wells, Merrill, LPL sign of times?

NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 07, 2013
Court says Bank of America can't force brokers into arbitration

A federal judge has ruled that Merrill Lynch can't force a group of brokers suing the firm over overtime into arbitration. The case has big implications for the Finra-Schwab class action case.

NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 06, 2013
Morgan Stanley hard hit by broker defections

<i>IN</i> data indicate the firm lost a net 11 adviser teams, $8.4B in client assets, in the third quarter.

NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 04, 2013
Ludeman retiring from Wells Fargo Advisors

Danny Ludeman, longtime chief of Wells Fargo Advisors, is retiring, leaving all bankers in charge. That has advisers worried.

NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 03, 2013
Former Merrill broker pleads guilty in insider trading case

Officials say broker helped Qualcomm executive trade on inside information over acquisition.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 03, 2013
Merrill Lynch, UBS lure new advisers managing $850M

The moves from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs add to a spate of adviser movement

NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2013
The inexorable shift away from the wirehouses

Rudy Adolf of Focus Financial says strong wealth management relationships are about trust, and the bond of trust with the client has been broken

NEWS RIAS SEP 17, 2013
Broadridge offers automated cost-basis application

A new partnership between Broadridge Financial Solutions and Scivantage will provide Broadridge clients with access to Scivantage Maxit, an automated cost-basis application.

NEWS WIREHOUSES SEP 15, 2013
Merrill, UBS lure top advisers