by Patrick M. Kelly | Jan 14, 2013 | Financial Services Industry, FINRA
“Wall Street brokers who are lured to new firms with signing bonuses of at least $50,000 would be required to tell their clients under a rule proposed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.” (OnWallStreet.com, Jan 7, 2013, Zech Faux “Brokers to Disclose….”)...
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 | Nov 7, 2012 | Financial Advisor Job Recruits, Financial Recruiters, Financial Recruiting Industry
The bidding war among the big wirehouses to recruit financial advisors who manage the assets of the “ultra rich” continues. High-end U.S. brokers are being offered two to three times the commissions and fees they produced in the previous year, a reflection of how...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Oct 31, 2012 | Going Independent, Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network has added four practices. With these financial advisors its independent brokerage arm, FiNet, has over 1,100 owners and financial advisors in more than 540 practices, with over $55.5 billion in assets under management. The new...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Oct 4, 2012 | Going Independent, RIA
A wealth of information for all RIA’s or those considering going the independent route is now available in the October issue of OnWallStreet.com. As a supplement and produced by SourceMedia Marketing Solutions Group, the broker-dealer guide and ranking of independent...
