by Patrick M. Kelly | Sep 26, 2023 | RIA
As financial advisor considering independence, one of the decisions you’ll need to make is whether to join a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) or an Independent Broker-Dealer (IBD). Both paths offer distinct advantages and considerations. RIA (Registered...
by Patrick M. Kelly | May 30, 2019 | Hiring, Merril Lynch, Training Programs
As of this year, Merrill Lynch has over 14,000 Financial Advisors and $2.3 trillion in Client Balances. According to Investors Business Daily, the wirehouse isn’t only trying to lure top performing and experienced financial advisors. Merrill Lynch is continuing...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Mar 19, 2015 | Broker-Dealers
We feel that the fiduciary standard for broker-dealer based financial advisors being proposed by SEC Chairwomen Mary Jo White would have minimal impact on most of today’s brokers. Most firms and their advisors are already adhering to the higher standard...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Oct 27, 2014 | Financial Recruiting Industry
More from OnWallStreet.com, Danny Sarch, “Evolution of Wealth Management”: [pullquote]Financial advisors consider themselves the caretakers of their clients’ financial lives and see themselves as fiduciaries, putting clients’ interests ahead of their own[/pullquote]...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Oct 24, 2014 | Financial Recruiting Industry
Danny Sarch, a 30 year veteran as a headhunter for the financial services industry takes a look at the changes within the industry over the past 30 years, in a great article in OnWallStreet.com: I quote: “Let’s go back to 1984, when wealth management was called Retail...
