Gorman Proclaims It’s Over

Gorman Drops The Big One

http://3xequity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GormanClaims.mov Over? Did you say ‘over’? Nothing is over until we decide it is!  You know those lines from John Belushi’s motivational speech in the movie Animal House and to be honest, it was the first thing we thought of when we read this story in AdvisorHub. James Gorman, the chief executive of Morgan Stanley, […]

Jamie Dimon Courts First Republic Advisors With Rhetoric and Cash (small amounts)

Jamie Dimon

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, has extended an invitation to brokers from First Republic, emphasizing that JPMorgan is an excellent destination for them and their clients. Dimon’s outreach highlights JPMorgan’s commitment to attracting top talent and expanding its brokerage business. The fine print has yet to be hashed out, but the buzz amongst most FRB to […]

UBS Completes Acquisition Of Credit Suisse; Now World’s Largest Wealth Management Firm

Swiss banking giant UBS has successfully concluded its takeover of Credit Suisse, resulting in the formation of a formidable wealth management powerhouse. The acquisition solidifies UBS’s position as a dominant player in the global financial industry and reinforces its commitment to expanding its wealth management capabilities. With the completion of the takeover, UBS now boasts […]

Do You Know Your GAF?

Fees, fees, and more fees. It’s a part of the business of being an advisor. But there’s one fee that advisors frequently overlook or simply don’t fully understand – their Global Admin Fee (GAF). In fact, many advisors don’t even know what their GAF is, or the impact it can have on their pay stub. […]

Wells Addresses Loners, Rebels With Independent Option

Independence is a powerful elixir, especially for brokers who are more or less employees for those wirehouses. Not surprisingly, many of those in-house brokers decide to test the waters and embrace the benefits of being an independent. Kudos to Wells Fargo & Co (WF) for recognizing this dynamic. Last week, AdvisorHub wrote about how WF […]

Cetera Increases Choices For Advisors

There’s been an ongoing trend of broker-dealers expanding their presence within the RIA space and another big name is making its move. Cetera Financial Group, a leading broker-dealer in the nation for producing representatives, has acquired Retirement Planning Group, an RIA based out of Kansas. This marks Cetera’s first acquisition of a pure RIA and […]

3 Takeaways From FPA NorCal

3 Takeaways from FPA NorCal

When Michael Kitces says something advisors ears perk up, and his comment that, “FPA NorCal has consistently been one of the best national conferences in financial planning” was part of the reason we knew we wanted to attend this year.  He ranked it as his Top Advisor Conference for 2023 and all other conferences are […]