Wirehouse Firms
Learn the ins and outs of the wirehouse channel, including news, analysis and more on Bank of America-Merrill, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and UBS.
April 19, 2010
How Baird Keeps Hiring Wirehouse AdvisorsDenise Wypiszenski, COO of Baird Private Wealth Management, explains the advantages wirehouse and other advisors find in joining the broker-dealer, which now includes 670 advisor associates.
April 19, 2010
Six Things Not to Tell a Branch ManagerConversations between branch managers and prospective hires should not include any of the following gaffes.
April 12, 2010
Baird Grabs Smith Barney FA; Will Head New Portland OfficePerez has 29 years of industry experience, 23 of which were in branch-management roles at Smith Barney, Shearson Lehman Brothers and E.F. Hutton in Oregon and Northern California.
April 01, 2010
Wells Fargo to Stage Vote on Exec CompWells Fargo's board of directors said in late February that its stockholders will have the opportunity to cast a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation...
April 01, 2010
UBS Adds Tax OverlayUBS reports that it now offers a Personalized Tax Management Overlay for a selection of multi-asset portfolios on its Private Wealth Solutions separately managed...
March 29, 2010
Two More MSSB Advisors Move; Baird Adds Them in ArizonaThe firm has added 22 FAs since the beginning of 2010, giving it a total of 650 advisors nationwide in its private wealth group.
March 26, 2010
UBS Wealth Has New Co-CEO: Gahwiler Joins from Credit SuisseUBS has appointed Lukas G?hwiler the CEO of UBS Switzerland and the co-CEO of Wealth Management & Swiss Bank; G?hwiler will take on his function on April 1.
March 25, 2010
SEC Targets UBS Banker in Case of Insider TradingAlso, the U.S. Attorney's office in New York filed criminal charges against Igor Poteroba, a healthcare banker in the Swiss bank's New York office, and his friend, Aleksey Koval.
March 19, 2010
UBS Set to Hold Confidence Vote; Will Be Part of Next Shareholders' MeetingAfter an extended delay, shareholders will vote on the performance of the board in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
March 09, 2010
Morgan Stanley Hires Citi Exec; Shedlin to Boost Investment BankingGary Shedlin joined Citigroup in 2004 and has had several high-profile banking assignments since then, including work for BlackRock.