Morgan Stanley: Cruisin' BabyDec 1, 2007Halah Touryalai Morgan Stanley at a Glance: Total client assets: $734 billion Number of advisors: 8,341 Average annualized revenue per advisor: $817,000 Pretax profit... Edward Jones: Can't Nobody Hold Me DownDec 1, 2007Halah Touryalai Edward Jones at a Glance Total client assets: $539 billion Number of advisors: 10,136 Average annualized revenue per advisor: $291,229 Pretax profit margin:... UBS: Back At The BottomDec 1, 2007John Churchill UBS at a Glance: Total client assets (Capital Management Group): $858 billion Number of advisors: 8,175 Average annualized revenue per advisor: $751,000... Morgan Stanley Management Shuffle: Cruz Out, Gorman InNov 30, 2007By Halah Touryalai Morgan Stanley underwent a major management shakeup yesterday. Effective tomorrow, December 1, James Gorman, president of the firm’s Global Wealth Management Group will take on a co-president role ... Morgan Stanley in the EEOC’s Sights on Age-Discrimination?Nov 29, 2007By Christina Mucciolo The EEOC is investigating claims made by former Morgan Stanley advisors that the firm discriminated against older workers when it laid off 1,000 financial advisors back in 2005, according to a story in the Associated Press. ... Major Lay Offs for Wall Street? Or Just a Blip on the Radar?Nov 26, 2007Halah Touryalai When the going gets tough, the tough get … laid off. We’re not sure how hard Wall Street will be hit by pink slips, but one recruitment firm estimates that about 140,000 employees will be let go in the aftermath of the credit crunch ... FPA Elects New PresidentNov 16, 2007Halah Touryalai The Financial Planning Association elected Richard Salmen as president for 2008, and six new members to its Board of Directors. Salmen is currently serving as senior vice president... Will Thain Emerge As A Backslapping Komansky Type—Albeit A Fit Version?Nov 16, 2007By David A. Geracioti Thain realizes that you brokers are important. While O'Neal was criticized as being too aloof, Thain tells the FT today that he understands that this is a “people business,” and appreciates the importance of the retail part of Merrill’s business. Alas, he doesn't play golf.... NYSE’s John Thain New Merrill CEONov 14, 2007By John Churchill According to reports in the online versions of the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, NYSE Euronext CEO John Thain has accepted the top spot at Merrill Lynch... Fink offered O’Neal’s postNov 5, 2007By Christina Mucciolo Less than a week after Stan O’Neal retired as CEO and Chairman of Merrill Lynch, sources in the know say the firm’s Board of Directors has offered the position to BlackRock’s Chairman and founder Larry Fink... Questions Surround Citigroup, Smith Barney SolidNov 5, 2007By John Churchill Another one bites the dust. Citigroup’s Charles Prince resigned Sunday night in the aftermath of Citi’s horrendous third-quarter earnings report ... Comings & GoingsNov 1, 2007Halah Touryalai Randall W. Epright has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer of AIG Advisor Group, and senior vice president of Operations... The Retirement Savings HereticsNov 1, 2007BY DAVID ADLER How Much Money Will I Need in Retirement? What's the number? Ask any financial advisor and he will offer you this rule of thumb: To live in retirement... Boris SchlossbergNov 1, 2007Kristen French Registered Rep. spoke with Boris Schlossberg about the dollar's recent decline. Registered Rep.: What are the major reasons behind the weakness in the... Bonds Are Bad For RetireesNov 1, 2007By Stan Luxenberg For decades, most financial advisors have clung to a central belief about asset allocation: The older you are, the more fixed income you should hold.... Tax Planning: In House or Out?Nov 1, 2007By Anne Field For the past few years, Mark Kemp has offered low-cost income-tax preparation services to the mostly middle-income clientele of his Plymouth Meeting,... No Pain, No GainNov 1, 2007By Brad Zigler Most clients wouldn't question the superiority of a 10-percent return over a 5 percent one. Or would they? For some accounts, it's not so much where they... The CMA PromiseNov 1, 2007By Guy Manuel Andre Cappon, Stephan Mignot, of The CBM Group, Inc. Exactly 30 years ago, Merrill Lynch launched the first CMA (Cash Management Account). The revolutionary new product combined an investment account, a... Beating Recession DepressionNov 1, 2007By Stephen Gresham If you've been an advisor for even a few years, then the sub-prime mortgage crisis probably has you feeling like it's d vu all over again. A high-growth... Thinking Long TermNov 1, 2007By Kristen French Long-term care is not an easy thing to talk about with aging clients. In fact, most folks would rather contemplate their deaths than illness or infirmity... When Change Is GoodNov 1, 2007By Mindy Diamond Why switch firms late in the game? There are plenty of reasons to stay put until retirement: deferred compensation, familiarity with the system at your... Meet the Retirement GeekNov 1, 2007BY DAVID ADLER Moshe Milevsky, professor of Finance at York University Canada, is a widely recognized innovator in the field of retirement-income planning, insurance... Bob PalmerNov 1, 2007Kristen French What book has had the greatest impact on your career? Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crocket Johnson. Not only is it a great story it's a great foundation... Setting the Perfect Price: a Fool's Errand?Nov 1, 2007BY CHRISTINA MUCCIOLO Are you charging enough? That's hard to say. These days, discounting runs rampant in the financial-advisory industry: Firms allow giant haircuts on commissions,... All the Yuan In ChinaNov 1, 2007Christina Mucciolo If you're looking for more billion-dollar prospects, you might want to relocate to China. The yuan-loving country has more billionaires than any other... The Expungement CrusadeNov 1, 2007BY KAREN DONOVAN Wall Street Breathed a Sigh of Relief when Eliot Spitzer moved into the governor's mansion in Albany. Word was that Andrew Cuomo, New York's newly elected... Moving Markets: Robert W. BairdNov 1, 2007Christina Mucciolo Here's one way to evaluate equity research: Measure the impact it has on stock prices. Bespoke Investment Group, a financial research firm, did just that,... Show Us (Less) Money!Nov 1, 2007John Churchill How much corporate bigwigs get paid is a hot topic this political season, as the gap between the rich and the poor has reached its widest point in 60... Stifel Who?Nov 1, 2007BY JOHN CHURCHILL Takeover bait. It's a description most regional brokerage firms have become accustomed to and for good reason. Several have been gobbled up over the years,... Wealth Management EliteNov 1, 2007Halah Touryalai Everybody says they offer wealth management these days. But do they? Not really, says research and consulting group CEG Worldwide. Wealth managers use... Growth Investing, BloodlesslyNov 1, 2007By Jonathan Moreland Ah, the benign indifference of numbers. If only we could regard them with a cold heart. Nearly every professional money manager claims that he does, that... Charles Schwab Kicking Ass(ets)Nov 1, 2007By John Churchill Wall Street Brokerage Giants like Merrill Lynch may not see Charles Schwab as a big threat, but the firm has come a very long way from its scrappy upstart... Do-It-Yourself Broker/DealerNov 1, 2007By Halah Touryalai By now, advisors have been bombarded with talk of going independent. It's a phrase that is regularly circulated in the hallways and offices of wirehouses... Wish List: Financial MakeoverNov 1, 2007Kristen French A regal room, the perfect suit, a six-pack or an unassailable nest egg? Lucky for you, most people want the last thing on that list the most. At least,... Always A WomanNov 1, 2007John Churchill Is your revenue production down? Not bringing in those million dollar accounts? Maybe your branch manager has threatened to move you to some backwater... |
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