Tagged with "wirehouses"

Smaller Financial Firms Are Taking Actions in a Fight over Who “Owns” the Client Relationship

Posted on August 23rd, 2019 at 3:49 PM
Smaller Financial Firms Are Taking Actions in a Fight over Who “Owns” the Client Relationship

Wirehouses and its advisors currently are at war for the control over clients and their assets. The fight is getting nasty as major broker-dealers are taking legal actions against advisors who leave one firm and join a competitor. Legal actions, including TROs (temporary restraining orders), are intimidating advisors and confusing clients.

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Regional Firms Are Becoming More Attractive as Wirehouses Lose Competitive Edge

Posted on April 1st, 2019 at 11:56 AM
Regional Firms Are Becoming More Attractive as Wirehouses Lose Competitive Edge

Recently, regional firms such as Raymond James, Stifel, Ameriprise, and Janney Montgomery Scott have become a favored destination for many successful wirehouse advisors who have transitioned away from the wirehouses.

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Branch Managers Go Independent

Posted on August 25th, 2015 at 4:50 PM
Branch Managers Go Independent

Branch Managers in major face great demands with dwindling resources, for many the post-merger wirehouse culture is a poor fit and the overall number of opportunities has shrunk.

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Job Uncertainty, Increase in Advisors Lead Top Branch Managers to Smaller Firms

Posted on May 29th, 2015 at 4:54 PM
Job Uncertainty, Increase in Advisors Lead Top Branch Managers to Smaller Firms

In a recent market trend, top branch managers are leaving national wirehouses for smaller firms. This trend can be attributed to two distinct causes: job uncertainty and an increase in the amount of assigned advisors.  

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Deferred Compensation Is the New Black For Wirehouses Payment Grid

Posted on February 18th, 2015 at 10:30 AM
Deferred Compensation Is the New Black For Wirehouses Payment Grid

Many wirehouses have deferred compensations for their advisors. Even though the whole grids were largely left intact, compensation is inarguably more back loaded, and therefore somewhat less valuable.

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In Downturn, Brokerage Recruitments Remain Firm

Posted on November 19th, 2014 at 8:30 AM

According to a report from Mark Elzweig Company, Ltd., even though the stock market has caught a cold recently, the recruitment of big producers still remains firm.

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