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Registered investment advisers, listen up. Your custodian needs you—more than ever. Just look at this week’s earnings reports from Charles Schwab Corp. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. Asset growth, fueled in part by the RIA custody businesses of...
Morgan Stanley financial advisors should expect more cost-cutting in the global wealth management division in coming quarters—possibly in the guise of cuts to staff or financial advisors. On a second-quarter earnings conference call Thursday...
Raymond James Financial’s (NYSE: RJF) private client group added 20 advisors in the U.S. during the fiscal third quarter despite a tough recruiting environment for regional firms. But second-quarter earnings were down.
Chase Private Client, an under-the-radar wealth management unit of the giant bank, plans to open 160 offices to serve 600 branches around the country in two years, up from only 16 dedicated offices currently, JPMorgan Chase &Co. announced...
After studying Capgemini’s recently-released 2011 U.S. Metro Wealth Index, wealth management firms who aren’t doing business in the New York or Houston markets may be asking themselves why not.
Profits and revenues fell at TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. last quarter as trading waned at the discount brokerage, but Chief Executive Fred Tomczyk said TDA Institutional has brought on 260 breakaway brokers over the past three quarters, a 20...
Wells Fargo’s (NYSE: WFC) wealth, brokerage and retirement business posted slightly lower second-quarter earnings. Advisor headcount was also down compared to the first quarter, but, on a positive note, advisor cross-selling continued to...
BofA's Global Wealth and Investment Management, which includes Merrill Lynch, reported $506 million in net income for the quarter. Merrill Lynch contributed the bulk of revenues, with $3.5 billion, up from $3.1 billion a year ago.
