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The hybrid hype is growing. Independent broker-dealers have lately been ramping up their efforts to attract hybrid advisors, launching new recruiting efforts and rolling out integrated commission and fee-based platforms and hybrid-specific...

Bankers need to flaunt their status as fiduciaries to battle expected competition from broker/dealers,

Morgan Stanley is considering new names for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, the 18,000-advisor retail brokerage joint venture it created in a deal with then-Smith Barney owner Citigroup, back in 2009.

In an email memo, Krawcheck, the head of Bank of America’s wealth management business, told Merrill’s thundering herd that the bank’s new “garden leave” employment policy agreement won’t apply to them. Under...

Wealth managers working for banks are grappling with the fallout of last year’s Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, according to top banking officials speaking at the opening general session of the American Bankers...

The U.S. economy is moving from recovery into expansion, and could grow 4 percent this year, according to David Kelly, chief market strategist of JP Morgan Funds, who struck an optimistic note as the keynote speaker of the American Bankers...

New ETF analysis tools introduced last month from Morningstar and IndexUniverse may attract more assets to ETFs and expand the pool of ETFs that financial advisors use in client portfolios, say ETF consultants.

The Newport Beach, Calif.-based firm, which has approximately $4 billion in assets under management, made its first move towards expanding beyond California on Tuesday when it signed on Bruce Meyer, former managing director of Copperwynd Financial...

On Oct. 26, 2009, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), announced the IRS' creation of a new audit unit, the Global High Wealth Unit...