Ties That Bind

Jun 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Christina Mucciolo


         Subscribe in NewsGator Online   Subscribe in Bloglines  

As we addressed in our story “Comfort Zone,” despite all of the talk about breakaway brokers leaving Wall Street and choosing independence, the majority of wirehouse advisors are not going for it. According to Discovery Database, more than half of the wirehouse advisors switching firms since last November have switched to a rival wirehouse: UBS, Wells Fargo Advisors, Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney, and Bank of America's Merrill Lynch.


Acceptable Use Policy
blog comments powered by Disqus

Blogs & Opinion


Get the latest from Registered Rep. Editor-in-Chief David A. Geracioti on his blog Von Aldo.

Get the latest from Registered Rep. Managing Editor Kristen French on her blog The Reformation.

Most Popular Stories

The Independent Sourcebook

Profiles and fact sheets of independent broker/dealers and registered investment advisories (RIAs), an outsourcing guide, listings of compliance/regulatory consultants, securities lawyers, recruiters, back-office technology offerings and asset management platform providers.

Browse The Directory Now


Registered Rep.'s Business Builder is the one-stop toolkit for growing your business pipeline and achieving your career development goals.

>> Learn more and get started

Rep. Bookstore : Featured Book

Rainmaker A systematic methodology for building a successful high-net-worth practice with the wealthy.

Based on extensive research with with more the 1,400 middle-class millionaires and more then 500 high-end advisors, Prince & Geracioti provide a detailed set of strategies and tactics to build a extremely successful advisory practice... Learn more and buy.

Back to Top

In This Issue: July 2010

Cover Story

The New Sheriffs In Town

Under reform legislation, RIAs with less than $100 million in assets will no longer be regulated by the SEC. State regulators will step in. Will states be more successful than the SEC?



View the full issue

Back Issues

browse back issues

Registered Rep. eNewsletters

Subscribe today to get the news you need and information you want from our e-newsletters. To preview the current issue click on the newsletter below. Subscribe Today!