by Patrick M. Kelly | Apr 16, 2012 | Financial Advisor Job Recruits, Financial Advisors
OnWallStreet’s Elizabeth White reports that Edward Jones conducted a poll of 1,000 American investors and found that investors want to see the traits of military veterans in their financial advisors. Edward Jones employs more than 1,300 veterans or 11% of their...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Nov 30, 2011 | Financial Services Industry, Wall Street
While other banks are under pressure to cut their dividends, UBS surprised analysts and investors with their announcement that they would begin paying dividends again. (The last cash dividends were paid in 2006.) The announcement came at an investor event in New York...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Aug 12, 2011 | Financial Advisors, Financial Recruiting Industry
As a recruiter, I spend a lot of time on the phone with potential candidates who are seeking a career change, or thinking of going independent, or wanting to establish themselves with one of the wirehouses. Before we agree to meet, there is certain criterion that...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Jun 28, 2011 | Financial Recruiting Industry
With plans to double the number of their FSAs by year’s end, the total number of advisors in the year-old FSA program will number more than 1,000. This group of advisors represents the “Merrill Edge” – designed to combine the banking strength of BofA and...
by Patrick M. Kelly | May 27, 2011 | Internet, Social Media
Did you know that non-bloggers are fast becoming the minority? According to Hubspot’s latest study the number of companies that blog has grown from 48% in 2009 to 65% this year. And the ones that do blog have – 55% more visitors – 97% more inbound links...