In case you missed them, here are the five most popular, well-read and shared stories of November from On Wall Street.
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Raymond James & Associates president Tash Elwyn thinks the new crop of advisor contracts will end up being bad for advisor pay. He explains why in this far-ranging interview.
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UBS WMA head Bob McCann talks about the overblown RIA threat to wirehouse and employee-channel advisor business models, and explains why he still wants to know what the RIA sales pitch is.
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John Thiel, head of Merrill Lynch, says that selling to a wirehouse will inevitably be the exit strategy for RIAs as they get bigger.
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When he left the firm before his upfront recruiting loan/bonus vested, Wilhelm Nash obviously didnt realize the long arm of Morgan Stanley would reach out and touch him to the tune of $2million.
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Where does the industry stand today, where is it headed and whats in the way? We grilled ten of the most influential executives in the wealth management industry on those and other topics and got some candid, surprising and deeply thoughtful answers.