FTC Ban on Non-Competes
TAKING EFFECT SEPT 4 Compass recently met with our employment attorney, from the law firm Duane Morris, regarding… Read More
Who Should Your Private Banker Report To?
Taking Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits (habit #2) “begin with the end in mind,” the best way to approach… Read More
Bank/Credit Union M&A
Must Evolve and Separate Wealth Management When community banks and credit unions (hereinafter referred to as FI’s) consider… Read More
Improving Recruitment & Retention
You can’t swing a stick without hitting an article that talks about recruiting and retention for almost any… Read More
Deposits, Private Banking & Recruiting
2022 WAS A YEAR FOR DEPOSITS, PRIVATE BANKING, & RECRUITING Like many before it, 2022 was an interesting… Read More
Another Chink in the Armor
Merrill President Interviewed by Recruiter Andy Sieg, Merrill Lynch President, created a lot of buzz with his recent… Read More
Non-Compete Agreements
A Case Against Non-Competes in Community Banks & Credit Unions I get it. For ten years I clung… Read More
FINRA Regulatory Notice 22-23
It’s likely you have heard me talking about our concerns with financial institution comp plans, incentive plans, and… Read More
Our Co-Founder, Eric Armstrong, is in the News!
September 8, 2022 Financial Advisor IQ recently published an article about how banks are partnering with broker-dealers to… Read More
Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) Update
REPUTATIONS TAKE DECADES TO BUILD & MINUTES TO DESTROY On June 28, 2022 FINRA released a podcast featuring… Read More