Intends to Perform Sales Staff Review
Now that it has a full roster, John Hancock can reassess its stable of wholesalers. 'Once you're fully staffed, you start examining your staff and make sure that they're up to shape,' said Keith Hartstein, senior vice president of sales and marketing for John Hancock. Hartstein will now be able to assess the performance of his existing wholesalers and issue warnings to those who aren't able to make the grade, he said.
Damon Thomas, formerly with
The Apollo Group, a six-person team in New York, is the latest to show that former First Republic advisors are still not completely settled at JPMorgan.
Swiss banking giant UBS Group received federal approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to convert its $1.6 trillion-asset UBS Bank USA from a Utah-chartered industrial bank to a national charter.
Women often feel talked down to when it comes to financial matters. Advisors with experience serving women clients say the industry has a lot of work to do to change this.
LPL's board proposed a huge boost to CEO Rich Steinmeier's compensation package following a year defined by the firm's acquisition of Commonwealth Financial Network.
More than 1.2 million taxpayers only have until April 15 to claim a total of approximately $1.2 billion in refunds for tax year 2022.
Middle- and lower-income retirees face a growing gap between income and long-term care expenses, forcing advisors to rethink planning strategies.
