Over the past few weeks there has been an alarming amount of noise coming from the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch camp. The noise has begun to play a tune that sounds a bit like the cultural drift is taking its toll throughout both the advisor and...

A WealthManagement.com survey shows one-third of advisors believe the recent scandals plaguing the board have hurt the value of the designation, while over half don’t trust the compensation disclosures on the firm’s website.

In case you haven’t noticed - JPMorgan has been in the news a bit over the last few months. A quick denouement on that particular statement. It is my OPINION that JPMorgan is what it has always been; a nearly best of its class global bank...

To read part two of Andrew Parish's The Art of the Deal, click here...

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The idea of forming a team isn’t a new thing in the financial services industry. When I started out at a major wirehouse in the mid 1990’s, it seemed every manager talked non-stop about the firm’s desire to see more advisors join...

It is common knowledge that each and every advisor’s business is a truly marketable and valuable entity. Whether you have built a book that consists of 500 clients and $50 million in assets or 50 clients and $500 million in assets - one...

Two behemoth wealth management organizations enter a bar......and so the joke goes. Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch have been two of the most respected and recognized names in the world of wealth management and investment banking for decades...

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