Executives at SIA's Retail Management Conference in Chicago this week said they haven't done enough to help reps make what they see as a necessary transition to a fee-based advisory business for wealthy clients from a transactional business. "We...
The gloves are off. Speaking at SIA's Retail Management Conference in Chicago, James Gorman, president of Merrill Lynch's private client group, directed blunt comments at those who imply that Merrill and other big wirehouses are "boiler rooms."...
New Page 1 PRIMEDIA’S REGISTERED REP. MAGAZINE RANKS AMERICA’S TOP BROKERS The First Annual Listing of The Best Brokers in America Includes 17 With Assets Under Management Over $1 Billion New York - September 24, 2002 – PRIMEDIA&...
Eliot Spitzer, the New York Attorney General, said in a speech that he could have convicted Merrill Lynch of securities fraud for its conflicts of interest in its research,
A suit filed in California last week alleges that major brokerage firms are charging customers unreasonable and undisclosed fees when selling municipal bonds.
Former Salomon Smith Barney brokers Phil Spartis and Amy Elias have formerly filed an arbitration claim against their former firm and a number of officers and attorneys employed there.
New Page 1 PRIMEDIA BUSINESS TAPS INDUSTRY VETERAN NEIL DANT TO HEAD WEST COAST SALES EFFORTS FOR NATIONAL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR AND SHOPPING CENTER WORLD Experienced Manager to Lead Regional New Business Efforts Across PRIMEDIA’s Real Estate...
New Page 1 DEMOGRAPHICS AND INCOME PATTERNS ARE DRIVING REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICA PRIMEDIA’s National Real Estate Investor Examines the Influence of Baby Boomers, Echo Boomers and Minorities New York, New York – September 16...
Morgan Stanley has unveiled a new compensation plan for brokers that rewards fee-based business and penalizes transactional business. The plan, announced in mid-September to brokers, begins in January 2003.