My Franklin guys are great. Everyone has opinions of wholesalers. I believe they are good, and most do know the mrkts and their funds. I would try to go with a bigger shop that can withstand these times.

My Hartford Leaders wholesaler was laid off about two weeks ago. He was very good and represented a very strong product line. Might be a tough nut to crack in this environment. Good luck, though!

I recommend that you get a real job.

For Mutual Funds, look at Eaton Vance, MFS and Oppenheimer.  Maybe Thornburg too.  For SMAs....get out of the business, they're awful.

Dont mean to discourage you, but
What makes you think that these companies are hiring wholesalers right now. They are all consolidating territories, and firing wholesalers.

i cant imagine any fund company is hiring wholesalers right now either, unless you already got a name and they want you.

You gotta go with Putnam…

Madoff Funds may be hiring…

you could try UITs, First Trust, Claymore, or an ETF company(do they have wholesalers)

Munder.  That “NetNet” fund they have is hot stuff…

I would suggest getting a job at American Funds. Pay is huge, and you don’t have to do any work, but people still put money in your funds.

I just hung up the phone with a wholesaler recruiter to whom I was giving a recommendation for my friend who was laid off by Hartford. She reinforced my guess that now is an Extremely tough time to get any wholesaler position. She went on to say that she expects the premier shops (i.e. American Funds) to lay off, rather than add, wholesalers. Good luck getting your foot in the door, but it may be at a second or third-choice firm.

I would say you might look into Vanguard in Ice’s territory…