
Not Without a Fight: Branch Managers Contend for Top IBD Advisors
Barbara Herman Quoted – By Susan Konig, WealthManagement.com – Years ago, the wirehouses didn’t consider independent broker/dealers a threat to their business—but rather the place unsuccessful brokers go when they fail at their firms. But today the wirehouses are losing some of their largest and most-coveted corner-office teams to the independents. Wirehouse branch office managers, however, aren’t giving up without a fight. Some are taking a page from the independents themselves to lure and keep top talent.