As the quarterly results were announced at Morgan Stanley, one thing becomes abundantly clear. Wealth management, and it’s associated fees, are the goose that lays the golden egg. Better than 40% of total revenue for the quarter came from the

 In conversations with several industry veterans and experts, the eventual plight of HighTower Advisors, could mirror that of United Capital. An acquisition of scale is preferred by HighTower’s current leadership (and its monied investors) and is driving their current in-house

For a decade former NFL head coach, Herman Edwards, held a rookie symposium that espoused the dangers of the language and context of social media for athletes. His refrain rang true, “Don’t Press Send”, and seriously consider your image and

Over the past two decades several different structured products within the wealth management industry have tempted advisors to prove themselves gluttonous. High margin fees are the drug that can be difficult for certain advisors to resist. Now, Finra continues to

UBS has planned to launch an ‘independent advisory’ channel for more than a year. Much like they’ve done time and again versus rivals Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, UBS has stayed ahead of the curve when it comes to moving

At this point we shouldn’t have to continue to bring it up, but we will anyway: be certain you have your own personal, securities legal counsel at all times as an advisor. No matter your standing, loyalty to the firm,