by Patrick M. Kelly | Mar 9, 2012 | Compensation, Financial Recruiters
After reading the compensation rankings for advisory firms cited in my last blog article, see what our founder, CEO and President Bill Willis has to say in his article in the March issue of OnWallStreet. [pullquote]Have the firms gone too far with their huge retention...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Mar 8, 2012 | Compensation, Financial Recruiters
Each year OnWallStreet magazine publishes their annual report on compensation rankings by advisory firms. A new trend this year points to growth in team based award programs. As financial recruiters, we’ve definitely seen more and more firms recruiting high end...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Mar 5, 2012 | Financial Recruiters, Job Market
Reuters reported last week that Merrill Lynch is upping their ante for recruitment of top brokers whose performance put them in the top 40 percent of their peers. An upfront cash payment of 150 percent of the fees and commissions they earned during the prior 12 months...
by Bill Willis | Mar 1, 2012 | News and Media
Have firms gone too far with their huge retention bonuses? By Bill Willis March 1, 2012 The market meltdown of 2008 and mergers of financial firms that followed are beginning to feel like a distant memory. What remains in the present are the retention bonuses paid to...