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Greg Mech: Increasingly, there's an overemphasis on cross-selling and a lack of transparency in [the wirehouse] space.

How a $2.5 billion Boise RIA will use Merrill Lynch's former SoCal overseer to win the over-sunned of The OC

The former Bank of America market president stepped back into the industry after a two-year hiatus following an epiphany and will be recruiting families, not his former flock of brokers

September 9, 2013 at 5:10 PM

James Gorman: This is a historic day for Morgan Stanley.

What 'historic' deal James Gorman really closed by paying Citigroup to release its tentacles from Smith Barney?

The implicit mission of Morgan Stanley in hiring the ex-Merrill Lynch brokerage chief was to switch market positions with Merrill -- and perhaps thats just happened?

June 24, 2013 at 6:02 PM

Sallie Krawcheck: I worry our industry will become the Republican party -- with middle-age white guys talking to middle-age white guys, saying that we need to change.

At Envestnet event, Sallie Krawcheck alludes to Crager alliance, blasts women-as-niche marketers and edges perhaps closer to endorsing the RIA model

The former wirehouse exec is satisfied with her own 'gal about town' status but not 'Republican' tendencies of financial advisors

May 7, 2013 at 4:27 PM

James Maher: From a conflict standpoint, it was very awkward.

Merrill Lynch team breaks away from Bank of America (yes, ironically) to get better access to bankers

James Maher is forming Archford Capital Strategies as a wealth manager that needs capital galore to unlock his clients' billions in assets from illiquidity

April 2, 2013 at 6:33 AM

Chris Kojima told FundFire: The RIA business is a smaller part of the assets that AIMS manages, it has more than doubled in the last two years and it is growing

Sparks fly after FundFire reports that Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs are offering some RIAs their corner-office research

The Financial Times publication stands by its story, but Merrill won't comment, making the fiery situation smokier; Goldman is unabashed

March 8, 2013 at 4:59 PM

Leo Kelly: I broached the subject and said I'd really like for us to work together some day.

This RIA recruited the Morgan Stanley manager who almost recruited him ...

... right after he grabbed a Fortigent CIO-type and hotshot Merrill advisor

February 28, 2013 at 3:50 PM

Rick Meigs: It seems like a big pot of assets to be walking away from.

Merrill Lynch pulls advisors from a $2.9-billion business -- and leaves the light on for RIAs

The Bank of America subsidiary sees too much peril in the public-pension business and RIAs like John Beirne smell opportunity

February 5, 2013 at 4:15 PM

Young bull in training: I simply can't stand to see Merrill's training program so naively misrepresented.

A Merrill Lynch trainee shares what it's really like to be part of the firm's revamped, more RIA-like training program

Following a scathing condemnation of the program in reaction to a recent story, another trainee chimes in with a more three-dimensional report

December 13, 2012 at 8:15 PM

Kevin Keller: We are business-model- and compensation-neutral, but all CFP professionals are required to put client interests ahead of their own.

The once underrespected CFP gets a lift after Merrill Lynch and now NAPFA make it central for newbies

Still, CFP certificants shoot down the idea of making the CEO credits requirements even harder, and fiduciary concerns linger

December 5, 2012 at 7:29 AM

Rob Mooney: This is not about Merrill Lynch.

A mini-Merrill springs up with its own broker-dealer and plans to grow

Two former Merrill higher-ups brought aboard two teams of Merrill brokers -- and they're just getting started

December 3, 2012 at 6:56 AM

Dwight Mathis: By the time they graduate after 43 months it'll put clear blue sky between us and our competition.

Merrill Lynch makes bold moves to train new recruits for an RIA-centric future

The rethought training program suits up new advisors -- many of them career changers -- for independence as well as for the wirehouse path

November 21, 2012 at 4:35 PM

From the classroom seat students try to make sense of financial advising from speeches like Sallie Krawcheck's

Sallie Krawcheck clues in green advisors about choosing that all-important first gig

Avoid jobs that lack training programs, mentors, a planning bent and a long-term horizon, the former Merrill brokerage chief counsels fresh-to-market hopefuls

November 12, 2012 at 5:55 PM

Sallie Krawcheck: It feels a lot better during times of turmoil to close your door and work things through. This only adds to an organization’s stress level.

Column: Advisors should be 'heroically available' during a crisis

Avoid the temptation to fall into efficient-fixer mode; let'em see you sweat -- but not tremble.

November 12, 2012 at 7:23 AM

Mindy Diamond says the Luminous deal shows that the potential payday of selling an RIA far exceeds the transition packages paid by wirehouses and other firms.

How the Luminous deal is rocking the recruiting world -- and may set the stage for more fireworks

The former Merrill stars effected an outsized cash deal with First Republic, proving that independence can have monetary rewards to match the psychic ones

November 8, 2012 at 4:39 AM

David Hou helped lead the biggest-ever Merrill breakaway and now he's part of a long-term deal with First Republic Bank.

A $5.5 billion LA-based RIA is getting purchased by First Republic Bank

Luminous Capital has gone from a 2008 Merrill Lynch breakaway to a big bank puzzle piece in 2012

November 5, 2012 at 7:04 AM

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