Reps remain generally satisfied with their firms. Our surveyors this year collected good scores and kind words for technology advancements, product innovations and the ubiquitous, but favored, strategy of targeting the wealthy with fee-based...
Average: All Firms A.G. Edwards Edward Jones First Union Securities Merrill Lynch Morgan Stanley Prudential Securities Salomon Smith Barney UBS PaineWebber Work Environment 8.32 9.30 8.97 8.14 8.16 7.75 7.86 8.41 7.98 Freedom from pressure to sell...
November 2001 Complete Broker Comments A.G. Edwards Edward Jones First Union Merrill Lynch Morgan Stanley PaineWebber Prudential Securities Smith Barney September 2001 Million-Dollar Producers Million-Dollar Producers June 2001 Software Guide...
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A.G. Edwards A (Hiring/recruiting) “Consistently at a reasonable rate, so it’s not too many coming at one time.” (Benefits) “If I had to break it down, I’d give the 401ks a 10 and health coverage a seven.”...
A (Hiring/recruiting) “We’re very discerning. We get good people and put them through a number of steps before putting them into production.” (Payout) “They use payout to steer you in certain directions. They use slightly...