Impeachment proceedings come to a close today... most expect a party line acquittal.
Coronavirus concerns seem to be fading, freeing up markets to move higher so far this week.
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Wells Fargo finally threw in the towel when fighting deferred comp claims made by former advisors/employees of the firm. In a settlement just announced, Wells Fargo (and it should be…
It isn’t a secret that Stifel has been on a recruiting tear. A run that stretches back two, maybe two and a half years. A massive pivot for the firm…
When newly minted Wells Fargo CEO, Charlie Scharf, embarked on his initial earnings call most analysts were hoping for rainbows and lollipops with respect to the firms brand and reputation…
It seems exiting the broker protocol isn’t as effective a deterrent for brokers leaving the Swiss bank as its executives had hoped. When cast against irrational compensation grid adjustments and…
The entire concept of reverse churning continues to be a head scratcher for us. To quickly recap, first commission based accounts were bad (just ask Tom Buck) but now fee-based…
Over the past few years the stories of Barron’s Top 100 advisors being fired has grown in a way that begs all manner of questions. Questions every bigger producer should…
The Tom Buck saga has been an epic meltdown worth paying attention to for a little more than four years. Eventually culminating in a 40-month federal prison sentence for the…