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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

Andrew Salesky will step up to oversee Schwab's ground game.

Schwab hits the nine-franchise mark as it seeks one new, first-rate chief to head it up

New franchises are hitting asset goals and five more franchises are in the hopper for launch

November 12, 2012 at 9:46 PM

Sallie Krawcheck writes:  I have woken up earlier than my husband almost every day since we have been married.

Sallie Krawcheck talks tough -- and with disarming openness -- online about the glass ceiling and lip gloss

With 45,517 followers on LinkedIn alone the ex-wirehouse exec is using a first-person voice to reinvent herself and expand her sphere of influence, observers say

November 2, 2012 at 4:30 AM

Rene' Nourse: Creating the brochure, I wanted to make sure there were women and people of color represented.

Seeing her small clients take Morgan Stanley's brunt, a 12-year Smith Barney vet decamps with $100 million after meeting with Schwab

Rene' Nourse joins CONCERT to avoid telling smaller clients that MSSB benefits were being taken away and to create a brand aimed at middle class urbanites

June 22, 2012 at 5:13 AM

Tweets Krawcheck: "Mind-numbing details [about the difference between RIAs and B-Ds] make it hard to get anyone to stay awake thru it."

What to make of Sallie Krawcheck's emergence as a Twitter-sphere celebrity

The ex-Merrill Lynch exec reveals a self-deprecating bent but the 'crazed UNC basketball fan' still doesn't seem sold on the differences between RIAs and stockbrokers

May 2, 2012 at 4:21 AM

Walt Bettinger: This is a whole new ball game when you're a franchise with Schwab

Walt Bettinger explains to Wall Street why some prospects are balking at investing in Schwab franchises

The Schwab CEO tells listeners of the interim update that the $10 million asset-gathering quota is a psychological hurdle -- but one that can be overcome

April 27, 2012 at 3:01 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

Fred St. Laurent: Sometimes it's complicated to move the other team at the same time.

Breaking away from Merrill with $1 billion of assets, a HighTower RIA returns to scoop up $200 million more

The advisors were on separate teams so Pagnato-Karp Group tested the waters then gave the all-clear signal to Charles Holt

March 27, 2012 at 4:07 AM

Fred St. Laurent: A number of smart brokers are going to see this as one of the best deals on the street.

What one recruiter learned about Schwab's franchises after talking to Mary

Initially skeptical, on closer inspection and after talking to Schwab's first franchisee, our correspondent sees a real value proposition in the offing

December 21, 2011 at 3:55 PM

With Sallie Krawcheck purged, 'the game is about to change in a big way', a former Merrill exec says.

Merrill Lynch brokers brace for sweeping comp changes as Sallie Krawcheck departs BoA and takes her advocacy with her

It's like 2008 all over again with some brokers just wanting out as clients question choice of employer, recruiter says

September 7, 2011 at 4:39 AM

Ed Simmons has a doctorate from Harvard and a 24-year tenure with Merrill Lynch. He became an RIA on Friday.

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

February 24, 2011 at 3:36 PM

Fred St Laurent says that when Krawcheck is in charge, his job gets harder.

Sallie Krawcheck, A Recruiter’s Nightmare

Criticized and often at the center of a business storm, she has emerged as Wall Street's problem-solver -- and she's doing it again at Merrill Lynch

January 27, 2011 at 2:52 PM

Fred St Laurent: As a small business owner, how many mistakes can you afford to make?

The hidden dangers of hiring a laid-off Merrill broker

Who you bring on board says volumes about your firm's brand

December 13, 2010 at 1:58 PM

Ric Edelman: I needed to give my staff a breather.

Edelman expansion slows; back office 'overwhelmed'

$5.5 billion RIA pours money into top-line Microsoft CRM

October 21, 2010 at 4:29 AM

Fred St. Laurent: One way to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to recruiters is to ask about the Broker Protocol.

How financial advisors should manage the record deluge of recruiter phone calls

Plus, how RIA firms can tell if they're retaining the right person to find candidates

August 27, 2010 at 2:00 AM

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