Janney Montgomery Scott

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  Raymond James, LPL Add Morgan Stanley Advisors as MSSB Grabs Wells Team

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  June 13, 2012

  Two teams leave Morgan Stanley to go independent, while another chooses to keep its employee status.

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  Janney Grabs Morgan Stanley Rep, Aims to Grow Advisor Headcount 5%

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 31, 2012

  The firm has added 15 reps this year from Merrill Lynch, Morgan Keegan and other broker-dealers and plans to hire 25 to 30 more, said private client group president Jerry Lombard.

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  U.S. Jobs Rose by Just 120,000 in March

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 6, 2012

  With the U.S. stock market closed for the Easter and Passover holidays, reaction to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs report was lackluster.

• Mastering Volatility

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  February 1, 2012

  Although the u.s. stock market took has taken investors for a wild ride over the past year, it has largely remained unchanged

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  Wirehouse Market Share Declines as Firms Focus on Profitability

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 18, 2012

  Wirehouses are continuing to lose ground in asset management market share, but do they even care? A new report from financial services industry research firm Cerulli projects that the four biggest brokerage firms will remain the largest distribution channel by a factor of nearly two.

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  S&P Ratings Overhaul Hits Banks Hard

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 30, 2011

  Standard & Poor's revamped its ratings criteria and lowered the ratings of 15 U.S. and European banks by one notch on Tuesday, leaving 20 more bank ratings unchanged and raising two by a notch apiece.

• BlackRock Seeks to Run ETFs Using Own Indexes

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  August 29, 2011

  BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, filed an application with the SEC for its iShares exchange-traded funds to follow its own indexes rather than those developed by third parties such as Standard & Poor’s.

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  New Hire Roundup: Murphy New FSC President/CEO; MSRB Taps New Officers, Board

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 25, 2011

  This week in new hires, FSC named Jerry Murphy its new president and CEO, while MSRB announced new officers and members of its board.

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  FSC Names Jerry Murphy New President and CEO

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 22, 2011

  Atlanta-based FSC Securities Corp., one of Advisor Group’s three independent broker-dealers, said it named Jerry Murphy as its new president and CEO on Monday.

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  Noncompliance Roundup: Stifel, Nicolaus; Citigroup; Janney

  By Editorial Staff  |  August 18, 2011

  A roundup of recent charges, penalties and settlements--this week relating to fraud, insider trading and failure to supervise--from the SEC and FINRA.