Wells Fargo spins heads and kills fax machines with radical plan to counter wealth management erosion by five-fold building of its IBD network -- even it if means cannibalizing its own advisors
Wealth CEO Barry Sommers tells Bloomberg its 1,600-advisor IDB will exceed 12,000-broker unit in five years, but internal one- to two-year wait-list will complicate effort, recruiters say.
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The RIA firehose of news is rife with tactical moves to shore up voids, play catchup and react to a new concept of political tailwinds
January 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In RIA custody milieu, Charlie Scharf's BNY Mellon exit for Wells Fargo is latest unforeseen vapor trail after Lisa Dolly, Tim Hockey, Terri Kallsen, Andy Gill and others fade into the firmament
The CEO-for-rent will face a monumental challenge turning around Wells Fargo, but perhaps not as bleak a landscape for profit margins; Is the RIA free ride coming to an end?
