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What is the starting salary for a financial advisor at a top firm like Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS?

I think I can land one of these stints but I was wondering what the starting salary would be? Does anyone know?
Really? That can't be right? I am sure they have a bas pay.


Most financial advisor jobs are 1099 - no base pay
you earn what you are worth

What kind of person makes a great financial advisor?


Grant Rasmussen, President and CEO, UBS Bank (Canada) and Head of Wealth Management for UBS in Canada talks about what kind of person makes a ...

Does anyone know the average salary of a Financial Advisor for UBS? I know it depends on comission.?



I have taken the screening tests at UBS and I have been to an interview. I am still waiting on a call back. I know someone who works there and they said that they typically match the salary that you are making now. She said that she has seen it matched fairly high (more than 60K). After you earn your licenses, you go through a series of stepdowns in base salary until you are straight commision. I hope this helps! :)


Ex-UBS AG Executive to Settle ARS Insider Trading Allegations Made ...

As part of a deal to settle ARS insider trading allegations by New York Attorney General Attorney Cuomo, former UBS AG executive David Shulman has agreed to pay $2.75 million. Shulman is accused of finding out through nonpublic, material information that the investment bank’s student loan auction rate securities program was in trouble and that there was a possibility that future auctions involving the student ARS would fail. Yet he allegedly violated New York securities regulations when he proceeded to sell more ARS.

On December 13, 2007, two days after finding out about the ARS risks, Shulman, who supervised the ARS trading desk, sold $1.45 million in personal holdings of student loan ARS to the desk. He was suspended in July 2008.

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