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David Poole: We’ve got clients who engage with us across Merrill Lynch and in Merrill Edge self-directed accounts. That’s one of our fastest growing segments where clients are using both.

Merrill Edge eases Bank of America's transition to a post-wirehouse world

The Charlotte super bank's plan to add 600 branches builds on success but recruiters say lingering tension between Merrill and Merrill Edge advisors is more of a factor than the bank admits

April 3, 2018 at 8:32 PM

Dan Arnold: This will allow our advisors to spend more time with their clients and grow their business.

LPL Financial pushes toward full-service-on-tap model with its 'virtual' play -- running some real risks in the process

With virtual, digital and OSJ firms making headway, CEO Dan Arnold's move may amend LPL business model or, one recruiter says, be a sop to Wall Street analysts hungering for a new angle

February 20, 2018 at 8:58 PM

Ron Carson: I have never lost that continued drive to fix things that some might say were not broken.

One effect of Ron Carson's exit from LPL after 27 years: His firm disclosed the use of forgivable loans to the SEC

Carson Wealth Management is both an advisor and an advisor platform and Carson says neither he nor his firm 'took a check' in any form

March 3, 2017 at 10:46 PM

Andy Sieg could preside over commission elimination for brokers handling non-retirement investments.

Using DOL as cover, Bank of America cuts the Merrill Lynch bull as it adds a robo, stops paying brokers to stick around and kicks John Thiel upstairs

The Charlotte, N.C.-based lending giant bagged the Wall Street beast in 2009 when the price was right -- now it's cutting off its traditional food supply

October 18, 2016 at 10:41 PM

All eyes shouldn’t be on Kellehner to see if he succeeds -- they should be on James Gorman [pictured] to see if he survives.

What the deletion of no-drama Greg Fleming bodes for Morgan Stanley, wirehouses and CEO James Gorman

Moves leading up to the 52-year-old Yalie's departure, made under duress, removed the CEO's chief rival and chief heat shield

January 14, 2016 at 9:56 PM

Sara Botkin [with father Les and brother Lester]: We learned that it became a fireable offense to refer clients to other banks.

This father-daughter-son team survived 9/11 but divorced Wall Street altogether 14 years later

The trigger was a demand by Morgan Stanley to sign a bank contract but there was much more that led the practice to LPL OSJ, Private Advisor Group

April 7, 2015 at 5:17 PM

Danny Sarch: I don't think this is desperate at all. If you don't have money, then you can't make the deals.

Ameriprise makes its move upmarket by first moving its bonus payouts to Wall Street levels

The Minneapolis-based broker jacks its sticker bid to 150% bonuses of brokers' last 12-months of revenue

June 13, 2014 at 2:30 PM

Mike Maurer: We've coached their kids in little league and gone to weddings and funerals with them.

How Ex-Morgan Stanley powers are rolling up ex-colleagues and how big Raymond James cash fits into the picture

Steward Partners Global Advisory will custody all its assets at RJ but won't have to foot the bill for signing bonuses

May 12, 2014 at 6:06 AM

Mike Papedis: We are not engaged in responding to gossip and we are sticking to our business strategy.

Top recruiter Kevin Geary exits HighTower

The departure of the acclaimed Schwab veteran is a palpable sign for some that the roll-up is going in a new direction

January 27, 2014 at 6:27 PM

 Raymond James recruited Becky Wiles, Terry Wiles, Heather Monzote, Ryan Smith and two hound puppies, Maia and Sky, in December.

The story behind how Raymond James won two big teams from LPL and Wells Fargo in the past couple of weeks

When the mid-sized Florida broker-custodian takes on bigger giants, it plays the little-guy card

January 7, 2014 at 8:47 PM

Patrick Burns: The shift was sudden.

Backs to the wall, wirehouses renew legal efforts to stem team breakaways -- with junior partners sparking the tension

Lawsuits by Merrill, UBS, Morgan Stanley have been spiking in recent months, according to industry observers and lawyers, and it can take precious time and big money to make them go away

October 23, 2013 at 5:53 AM

Matt Sonnen: I made a lot of mistakes along the way, and I hope I can help others avoid those.

Focus Financial goes after $100-million wirehouse brokers after hiring five employees suited to the task

The big New York aggregator will put the brokers through a one-year seasoning process before placing them in RIA foster homes

April 15, 2013 at 5:16 AM

The New York Times ran a very similar article to the one it published back in July.

The New York Times exposes JPMorgan's brokers, yet again

Same reporters, similar storyline as last summer's article, but this time with audio recordings as supporting material

March 4, 2013 at 5:58 PM

Danny Sarch: Some guys at Merrill have targeted this date for more than a year.

Merrill Lynch springs a 62-advisor, $13 billion asset leak in the first quarter

February was a cruel month for the wirehouse as payouts and retention bonuses came due; UBS came out smelling like a rose

April 17, 2012 at 5:25 AM

David Darnell spent time today letting Merrill Lynch brokers know that he's a banker sympathetic to generous brokerage compensation.

David Darnell tells Merrill Lynch advisors he won't mess with their pay

But recruiters say all comp factors don't necessarily show up on the official payout grid

September 8, 2011 at 3:07 PM

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