Oppenheimer & Co.

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  Meredith Whitney: I’m a ‘Growth Chaser,’ Not a ‘Doom and Gloomer’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 29, 2013

  Star analyst Meredith Whitney kicked off the IMCA conference Sunday in Seattle by decrying her reputation as a “doom and gloomer.”

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  SEC, FINRA Enforcement Roundup: Phony Broker Charged for Soliciting $500M

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 14, 2013

  Among recent actions by the SEC and FINRA were charges against a private equity firm, a former executive and an unregistered broker over some $500 million in improper investment solicitations.

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  Janney Grabs UBS Rep, Recruits 25 Advisors Year-to-Date

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 28, 2012

  The firm could finish the year with some 750 employee advisors, Private Client Group President Jerry Lombard said.

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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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  Fear of Flying: Jumping From Wirehouse to Independence

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  January 31, 2012

  The career kick-offs of two successful wirehouse advisors were as different as the countries where they were born.

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  Top 10 Terrible Predictions About Economy

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  November 11, 2011

  On 11/11/11, while the world still exists despite some predictions otherwise, a review by AdvisorOne of 10 terrible predictions about the markets and the economy.

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  The Alternative Wave Theory—Catching Up With Stephen Todd Walker

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2011

  Record volatility in recent weeks means more clients are looking for downside protection, and non-correlated assets are a major way to go.

• Portrait of a Branch Manager

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  August 1, 2009

  David A. Tufts' Park Avenue branch office in the soaring MetLife Building is right behind Grand Central Terminal, that bustling train station of perpetual coming...

• Hedge Fund Pioneer Jack Nash Dead

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  August 11, 2008

  Jack Nash, the refugee from Nazi Germany who helped change the mutual fund industry in his career at Oppenheimer & Co., then started the hedge fund business with partner Leon Levy by founding Odyssey Partners, the first hedge fund, in 1982, died July 30 in New York at the age...

• The Matchmaker

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  July 1, 2008

  Tennessee Williams wrote the famed line for tragic character Blanche DuBois in his play, "A Streetcar Named Desire." But veteran executive recruiter Mark Elzweig says...