by Patrick M. Kelly | Jan 12, 2012 | Job Market, Wall Street
Industry analysts continue to debate over who will acquire Regions Financial’s brokerage firm, Morgan Keegan, but nobody is commenting or confirming anything. The haggle is obviously over price, but it looks doubtful it will be the $1 billion that Regions is looking...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Jan 9, 2012 | Financial Recruiting Industry
Our President and CEO, Bill Willis, member of OnWallStreet’s elite Recruiter Roundtable, has this to say regarding 2011 brokers on the move and what’s in store for 2012: It was a good year for us and better than the previous year—and ending strong. That foreshadows a...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Jan 5, 2012 | Financial Recruiting Industry
Here’s a great article that was written in October, 2011, for OnWallStreet, by Rick Rummage, CEO and founder of The Rummage Group. (Yes, a competitor in the recruiting industry.) I never shared it on our blog site, but I think it appropriate now as many advisors gear...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Dec 30, 2011 | Stress
How often do you find yourself saying “I can do this tomorrow”? If you are like most people, you say it more often than you’d like, and it’s frequently about tasks you are not too keen about doing. But what about those times you say it about something that you would...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Dec 23, 2011 | Hiring, Job Market
The new Merrill Edge Financial Advisors are targeted for Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange County and are to be on board by the end of the first quarter, 2012, bringing the total financial solutions advisor force in these areas to more than 250. You may...
