Fifth Third Securities Increases its Sales Team

Fifth Third Securities has been aggressively recruiting candidates for its investment sales team. They just hired a sales person to run the eastern territory and a sales manager for Tennessee and Georgia. Howard Hammond became president four years ago and is primarily responsible for this move towards advisor driven investing. Before Hammond, its primary focus [...]

Strong Demand for Bank Based Financial Advisors

Recently we have seen the demand for bank based financial advisors skyrocket. We think this is a trend that will continue for the next 12 to 18 months. Wells Fargo’s WBS channel supports the financial advisors who work within Wells Fargo’s bank branches. The management team of the WBS channel has recently re-emphasized their intentions [...]