Merrill Lynch and Bank of America cultural tension may spin out a new round of breakaways, recruiters say
A big Maine team goes to HighTower; more Merrill brokers in pipeline, says Weissbluth
Jeff Spears
I’ve seen this movie before! When Bank of America acquired my firm, Montgomery Securities, they “played nice’ for the first few years and then they started to treat us like bankers.
My business partner and I wrote a blog about this on September 25, 2008 that continues to generate hits in 2011! In fact the number of hits has spiked recently…hmmm. Not to 4,000 but higher than 50.
http://blogonwealth.blogspot.com/2008/09/its-time-to-learn-more-about-universal.html
Chris
Brooke-great to see coverage in the Portland area. Keep up the great work.
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