by Patrick M. Kelly | Dec 14, 2012 | Financial Recruiting Industry
“With 20% of wealthy investors under age 55 planning to change their primary advisor in the next 12 months, tech enhancements may be the difference between acquiring or losing clients” according to the Cisco IBSG Financial Services Practice survey. “Some advisors...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Dec 12, 2012 | Financial Advisors
Since 1988 FINRA has had a registration category for “Assistant Representatives-Order Processing.” FINRA Rule 1041 defines an Assistant Representative-Order Processing as “persons associated with a member who accept unsolicited customer orders for...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Dec 6, 2012 | Economy
I read with interest and then cheered Eric Pianin’s Nov 30th article on the “game of political chicken” that Democrats and Republicans are engaging in during “negotiations” over ways to avert the fiscal cliff. (Eric Pianin is the Washington Editor at The Fiscal Times...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Dec 4, 2012 | Financial Advisors, Financial Services Industry
Merrill Adds Ten Big Producers – UBS Picks from Merrill – Wells Adds 24 Since August OnWallStreet.com announced this week that Merrill Lynch has hired 10 financial advisors from rival wirehouse firms who managed a total of $1.07 billion in assets and had...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Nov 22, 2012 | Hiring
Transitioning from military to civilian life has proven difficult in the “best of times” for our US military veterans, but Edward Jones has taken a lead in assisting vets by hiring 300 military veterans this year with its new FORCES program. (The 300 are in addition...
