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H&R Block On a Recruiting Spree
Sep 14, 2005
The firm known primarily for its tax preparation services is ramping up its financial advisory force. H&R Block Financial Advisors had a record recruiting month in August, bringing aboard 48 financial advisors with a...
Mother Merrill Adopts Advest From AXA
Sep 14, 2005
Merrill Lynch and AXA Financial, part of French insurance giant AXA, announced today that Merrill would buy The Advest Group, AXA’s full-service retail brokerage arm.
She's Baaaack
Sep 01, 2005
Hydie Sumner is on the cusp of winning a battle many think she was crazy for waging. Sumner, a former broker who successfully sued Merrill Lynch for sexual discrimination, has been trying for seven years to reacquire...
The Battle at Home
Sep 01, 2005
The war in Iraq has cost Elton Johnson just about everything. Johnson, owner and operator of Amerivet Securities, a small broker/dealer in Inglewood, Calif., is a major in the U.S. Army Reserve who has been on active...
Whistleblower's Lament
Sep 01, 2005
Peter Scannell wants his cut. The former Putnam Investments employee, who blew the whistle on the Boston-based fund giant's market-timing practices, has filed a lawsuit seeking 30 percent of the firm's $50 million...
SMAs: More Room to Boom
Sep 01, 2005
The separately managed account industry continues to grow, but the investment vehicle has yet to truly take off. SMAs grew 17 percent, from $528.7 billion in the second quarter of 2004 to $620 billion in the second...
Get Institutionalized
Sep 01, 2005
It has long been the case that the heaviest hitters rely mostly on high-net-worth retail clients for their outsized success. But now many advisors are finding what they seek one more link up the food chain in the...
Misleading Fax
Sep 01, 2005
The SEC recently charged a pair of pump-and-dumpers whose worst offense might be their poor impersonation of a stockbroker. The defendants in the case faxed handwritten stock tips, ostensibly from a financial advisor...
Retaining Those Pesky Emails
Aug 30, 2005
Morgan Stanley is in for what could be a $10 million fine from the SEC for failing to retain emails, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Online.
Proprietary Matters for AEFA and UBS
Aug 23, 2005
Selling proprietary product via a firm’s own sales force was once considered a great strategy for maximizing revenue. In another sign that that strategy is dead (as if you needed one): UBS and Ameriprise are now...
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