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
2022 Predictions for Financial Institution Wealth Management
2021 was a busy year in bank / CU wealth management, but what’s waiting for us in 2022?… Read More
Banks & Credit Unions – The Time to Recruit is Now!
I’m not overstating it when I say Financial Advisor recruiting numbers have never been this good – or… Read More