Morgan Stanley's earnings were down 50% in 2Q; MSSB's average annual revenue per rep now at $775K
Some 40% of new flows are going in Guidance Portfolios, a packaged strategy; 'counter-correlated sleeve'
Data analysis shows young clients get larger trading discounts than older ones, are less profitable -- and are more likely to dump their advisers
Genworth's chief investment officer Ronald Joelson, who oversees $75 billion in assets, is leaving to join Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance.
Morgan Stanley's estimate of the fair-market value of the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney unit is about 40% of what Citigroup believes the brokerage is worth, according to a regulatory filing
But according to police in Beverly Hills, one adviser may not fully grasp this concept. They claim the UBS broker has shot out 70 office windows in the area using a slingshot filled with marbles.
Head count on the rise; average annualized revenue now at $915K
Worth the cost? Proposal would exempt from required IRA distributions seniors with less than $75,000 in retirement assets
Says employers need to at least triple standard salary set-aside for workers
TD bosses see sub-$1B teams breaking away
Convincing a client to delay taking Social Security may be a hard sell. But a little math shows why it's very good advice. IN's retirement expert, <b>Mary Beth Franklin</b>, runs the numbers for you.
With plan fiduciaries looking at costs more closely, passively managed funds likely to be attractive
Buyer began receiving benefits at 46 — and has been filing claims for 15 years; 'not the lottery'
Woodbury Financial is said to be readying retention bonuses to preserve firm's value despite not having a buyer lined up
