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Merrill Moves to Retain FAs

By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne | December 1, 2008

Merrill Lynch is poised to merge with Bank of America in a $50 billion stock transaction and has rolled out a retaining-bonus plan in the...
Riding out the storm

By Jenny Ivy | November 1, 2008

The economic crisis is only going to get worse. Advisors are not only concerned with their clients' portfolios but the financial stability of their own...
Bank of America disappoints advisors with retention package

By Jenny Ivy | October 27, 2008

Many former Merrill Lynch advisors are "disappointed," many out-right "insulted," by the retention package Bank of America has offered. "So far the reaction is mixed," said...

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