Growth Strategies

When a securities firm is in the process of merging with another, the knee-jerk response of many reps is to scramble for the exit. Strangely enough, this hasty reaction often is a smart one. No matter how smoothly they are handled by the involved firms, mergers inevitably upset reps' usual mode of business. Changes in management structure, alterations to compensation grids and shifting benefits and

byMindy Diamond, Columnist: Career Moves