Wunderlich Securities Inc. has added new financial advisers in a few offices, including in Memphis.

2. Wunderlich Adds Advisers in Three Cities - Thursday, May 16, 2013

Wunderlich Securities Inc. has added new financial advisers in a few offices, including in Memphis.

3. First Horizon Grows Profit in Quarter - Monday, April 22, 2013

Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp., the parent company of First Tennessee Bank, kicked off its first quarterly earnings announcement of 2013 by meeting analyst expectations and reporting a profit of $42.2 million, up from $30.5 million during the first quarter of 2012.

4. First Horizon Grows Profit as Expenses Fall - Friday, April 19, 2013

Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp., the parent company of First Tennessee Bank, kicked off its first quarterly earnings announcement of 2013 by meeting analyst expectations and reporting a profit of $42.2 million, up from $30.5 million during the first quarter of 2012.

5. Memphis Firm Continues to Press Dell - Thursday, March 07, 2013

The Memphis-based investment firm opposing Dell Inc.’s proposed $24.4 billion buyout because it says the amount undervalues the company is continuing to press its case, sending a letter this week to Dell’s board at the same time Dell’s share price was climbing higher.

6. First Horizon Posts $41 Million Profit - Friday, January 18, 2013

Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp. booked a profit of $41 million in the fourth quarter and generated earnings in line with Wall Street expectations of 17 cents a share.

7. Wunderlich Acquires Branches, Adds Advisers - Saturday, December 08, 2012

Wunderlich Securities Inc. has acquired three wealth management branches from Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc., which is getting out of the retail branch office business.

8. Wunderlich Acquires Branches, Adds Advisers - Monday, December 03, 2012

Wunderlich Securities Inc. has acquired three wealth management branches from Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc., which is getting out of the retail branch office business.

9. Planning for the Future - Monday, November 12, 2012

A few months ago, CNBC broadcaster Jim “Mad Money” Cramer all but reached up to the TV screen on his set to high-five Bryan Jordan, president, CEO and chairman of First Horizon National Corp., whose image was there via satellite.

10. NBA Approves Pera as New Grizzlies Owner - Friday, October 26, 2012

Thanks to a unanimous vote of approval from the NBA Board of Governors, Robert Pera is a few days away from being the new owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.

11. Negative Impact - Monday, October 22, 2012

First Horizon National Corp. reported a $26 million profit for the third quarter and improved profitability in its regional banking and capital markets businesses, though the Memphis-based company’s results still missed Wall Street’s expectations.

12. Financial Industry Continues to Evolve - Monday, September 24, 2012

Here’s a roundup of what some of the city’s banks and bankers, investment professionals, and other financial services shops have been up to in recent weeks.

On the personnel front, Financial Federal recently appointed bank president William Tayloe to the board. Tayloe will be responsible for repositioning and expanding the company’s presence locally and elsewhere.

13. First Horizon Honored for Technology - Monday, September 17, 2012

The parent company of First Tennessee Bank is one of the most tech-savvy banks around, according to the information technology trade publication InformationWeek.

14. Growth Streak - Monday, September 10, 2012

Andrew Holliday and Daniel Brown, the founding partners of Memphis-based branding and marketing firm Harvest Creative, used to joke about one day making the Inc. 500|5000, the list published each year by Inc. Magazine that honors the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.

15. Business Honors - Friday, August 24, 2012

Thirteen Memphis-based companies can officially claim to be among the fastest-growing in the U.S.

That’s according to Inc. Magazine, which put them on its annual Inc. 500|5000 list, an exclusive ranking the magazine published a few days ago that honors the fastest-growing companies by measuring their percentage growth in revenue over a three-year period.

16. Prospective Grizz Owner, Ubiquiti Look Ahead - Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Robert Pera, the California businessman who’s in the process of buying the Memphis Grizzlies, was probably ready to turn the page on a new day and a new week.

17. Shakeup Could Impact Wright’s Q2 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Wright Medical Group Inc. over the last two years has seen its fair share of restructuring, and some analysts anticipate that realignment, coupled with sales dislocations and customer losses, will likely result in some short-term pain surrounding the company’s Q2 reported earnings.

18. Pera Open to Local Partners in Grizz Bid - Tuesday, July 31, 2012

In the course of meetings with business and civic leaders here over the last couple of weeks, California technology businessman Robert Pera has decided it would be a good idea to bring local partners into his bid to purchase the Memphis Grizzlies.

19. First Horizon Reports Q2 Loss - Monday, July 23, 2012

The Memphis-based parent company of First Tennessee Bank swung as expected to a second-quarter loss Friday, July 20, over mortgage buyback demand from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

20. First Horizon Increases Mortgage, Litigation Costs - Wednesday, June 27, 2012

First Horizon National Corp., the Memphis-based parent company of First Tennessee Bank, forecasts it will incur an uptick of about $272 million in mortgage repurchase and litigation costs during the second quarter.

21. Pera Shows Track Record Of Early Faith - Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series looking at Robert Pera, the potential new owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.

22. Game Plan - Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series looking at Robert Pera, the potential new owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.

23. Analyst: Potential Griz Owner is a “Strong CEO” - Monday, June 25, 2012

The prospective owner of the Memphis Grizzlies is a “very strong CEO” who’s built a next-generation communications technology company with a “pretty dramatic growth story.”

24. County’s Mortgage Lending Up in May - Monday, June 18, 2012

When bank customers are seen doing something seemingly as simple as making plans for the future – plans, of course, that involve spending money – that conveys a lot to someone like Mike Edwards, Paragon Bank’s president and chief operating officer.

25. Ernst & Young, Wunderlich Announce New Positions - Thursday, May 17, 2012

Glenn Mitchell is taking over as the managing partner of Ernst & Young’s Memphis office from retiring partner Bill Drummond, effective July 1.

26. Analyst: First Horizon Prime Buying Target - Monday, April 30, 2012

In one analyst’s opinion, the parent company of First Tennessee Bank is one of the most attractive buying targets for large banks in the U.S. at the moment.

27. FHN Posts Profit, Increases Share Buyback to $200M - Friday, April 20, 2012

The Memphis-based parent company of First Tennessee Bank reported a 12-cent per share profit for the first quarter before the stock market’s opening bell Thursday, April 19.

28. New Chapters - Tuesday, April 10, 2012

It’s a new day at prominent investment firms in Memphis. Different degrees of change are on tap at Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., Duncan-Williams Inc. and Wunderlich Securities Inc. And though it’s reshaping the inner workings of those firms at the moment, some of those changes also could have an impact on the city around them.

29. Wunderlich Securities Inc. Expands Private Client Group in Houston - Monday, March 26, 2012

Memphis-based Wunderlich Securities Inc. has expanded its private client group in Houston.

A financial group comprised of three people in Houston with $65 million in assets under administration has joined the firm.

30. First Horizon in Savings Mode - Monday, March 05, 2012

First Tennessee Bank’s parent company is serious about cutting costs. Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp. had originally tagged $110 million in cost savings to try and reach in 2011, which the company’s chief financial officer called “a watershed year for us” in a presentation to analysts a few days ago in Boston.

31. First Horizon Posts Q4, Yearly Profit - Monday, January 23, 2012

A little more than three years removed from the worst of the credit crisis and with a new chairman of the board in place, the parent company of the largest Tennessee-based bank posted solid fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 numbers Friday, Jan. 20.

32. First Horizon Posts Profit for Q4, Full Year - Friday, January 20, 2012

A little more than three years removed from the worst of the credit crisis and with a new chairman of the board in place, the parent company of the largest Tennessee-based bank posted solid fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 numbers Friday, Jan. 20.

33. Trading Hands - Monday, January 16, 2012

It’s been something of a roller coaster ride for a little more than six months in the drawn-out process by Regions Financial Corp. to sell Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., its Memphis-based investment unit.

34. Details Emerge in Morgan Keegan Sale - Friday, January 13, 2012

During a conference call with analysts early Thursday, Jan. 12, one day after announcing their firm’s acquisition of Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. for $930 million, Raymond James Financial Inc. officials shared new details that employees of the Memphis firm had been waiting to hear.

35. First Horizon Expected to Post Profit - Monday, January 09, 2012

The parent company of First Tennessee Bank reports fourth-quarter earnings and its full-year 2011 results this month, and Wall Street analysts are expecting another quarterly profit from the Memphis-based company.

36. Wunderlich Announces 6 Energy Banking Hires - Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Memphis-based Wunderlich Securities has hired six energy investment banking professionals from Pritchard Capital Partners LLC, an energy investment banking boutique.

37. Local Banks Show Signs of Rebound - Monday, November 14, 2011

The Memphis banking market – along with that of the state – continues to bounce back. New reports out from two federal banking regulators show a surge in year-to-date profits for Memphis-area banks, including a more than doubling of net income for the area’s largest bank, First Tennessee, in the third quarter from Q3 2010. That’s from data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

38. First Horizon’s Profit Improves in Q3 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Between July and September, the Memphis-based parent company of First Tennessee Bank, the largest bank based in Tennessee, more than doubled its quarterly profit compared with the same period in 2010, the company announced Monday, Oct. 17.

39. First Tenn. Parent Co.’s Profit Improves in Q3 - Monday, October 17, 2011

Between July and September, the Memphis-based parent company of the largest bank based in Tennessee more than doubled its quarterly profit compared with the same period in 2010, the company announced Monday, Oct. 17.

40. BlackBerry Blackout is New Threat to Brand - Monday, October 17, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) – The longest BlackBerry outage in many years left customers outraged this week, threatening to cost the granddaddy of all smartphones more business when it's already struggling to keep up in a crowded marketplace.

41. Seeing Success - Monday, October 10, 2011

On the surface, they don’t have much in common other than their home turf. They include everything from a venerable law firm, prominent regional investment companies, tech firms and even a business that manufactures food products like hot dogs and sandwich meats.

42. First Horizon, Fitch Say Risk Manageable - Monday, September 19, 2011

Bryan Jordan, the president and CEO of First Tennessee Bank’s parent company, told his audience at an industry conference a few days ago in New York City that his company has been out of the mortgage business for three years now.

43. Analyst: First Horizon Less Exposed Than Reported - Thursday, September 15, 2011

Wunderlich Securities Inc. bank analyst Kevin Reynolds published a research report Monday, Sept. 11, related to the lawsuit filed against First Horizon National Corp. Sept. 2.

44. Biggest Local Banks Repay TARP - Tuesday, September 06, 2011

The two biggest Memphis banks that got emergency capital from the federal government in 2008 as part of a dramatic bank industry rescue have now repaid that money and exited the program.

Magna Bank became the latest local institution to remove itself from the Troubled Asset Relief Program when a few days ago it finished repaying almost $14 million.

45. Wunderlich Equity Announces New Hires - Thursday, August 25, 2011

Trace Urdan and Jeff Lee have joined Wunderlich Equity Capital Markets as a senior vice president and vice president respectively. Both will cover the education services sphere.

Urdan has twice been cited as an all-star analyst by The Wall Street Journal. He is widely cited as a global expert on for-profit education and e-learning trends.

46. First Horizon Beats Forecast With Q2 Profit - Monday, July 18, 2011

Controlling what we can control. That was a talking point used by the leadership of First Tennessee Bank’s parent company a handful of times during its second quarter earnings presentation to analysts Friday morning. It reflects things outside the company’s influence, like a volatile interest rate environment, as well as controllable factors like aggressive cost-cutting moves intended to dramatically lower the company’s efficiency ratio by 2013.

47. First Horizon Beats Forecast With Q2 Profit - Friday, July 15, 2011

Controlling what we can control.

That was a talking point used by the leadership of First Tennessee Bank’s parent company a handful of times during its second quarter earnings presentation to analysts Friday morning. It reflects things outside the company’s influence, like a volatile interest rate environment, as well as controllable factors like aggressive cost-cutting moves intended to dramatically lower the company’s efficiency ratio by 2013.

48. Local Companies Working to Navigate Economic Straits - Monday, June 13, 2011

The financial services business seems like a tough one to be in these days.

Investors have for the last few weeks treated bank stocks like the piñata of Wall Street. Bankers, attorneys and investment professionals have boiled a massive government overhaul of the country’s financial regulations down to clipped phrases like “finreg” and “Dodd-Frank” that they speak of often with a grumble or a shaking of the head.

49. Wunderlich Meetings Focus on Banking Issues - Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Not enough people want to – or are able to – borrow money. Yet bank deposits are healthy, and with asset quality improving that means balance sheets are looking better.

Those are some of the themes that emerged at the recent Memphis in May World Championship Bank Tour hosted by Memphis-based full-service brokerage firm Wunderlich Securities Inc.

50. Renasant, Wunderlich Announce New Hires - Friday, May 13, 2011

Tupelo, Miss.-based Renasant Bank has a new president for its regional market that includes Memphis.

Renasant chairman and CEO E. Robinson McGraw announced Wednesday that Jeff Hudson has been tapped as West Tennessee president for Renasant.

51. Wunderlich Securities Continues Growth Streak - Friday, May 06, 2011

Memphis-based Wunderlich Securities Inc. has added six institutional fixed-income professionals over the past two months, continuing a growth streak for the firm that’s seen multiple offices open within the past year and scores of new employees hired.

52. First Horizon Reports Profitable Q1 - Friday, April 22, 2011

Bryan Jordan, president and CEO of Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp., told his audience at Tuesday’s annual meeting that the parent of First Tennessee Bank is becoming “more efficient and nimble.”

53. First Horizon Reports Profitable Q1 - Thursday, April 21, 2011

Bryan Jordan, president and CEO of Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp., told his audience at Tuesday’s annual meeting that the parent of First Tennessee Bank is becoming “more efficient and nimble.”

54. Dollar Signs - Monday, February 21, 2011

From wealth management to accounting to investment firms, plenty of financial services companies in Memphis are enjoying a robust level of growth that might seem surprising to an outsider.

Yet it’s clear the economic recovery is well under way, and companies with strong fundamentals are reaping rewards.

55. First Horizon’s Q4 Loss Related to TARP Payment - Monday, January 24, 2011

First Tennessee Bank’s parent company swung to a loss in the fourth quarter, a reversal the company attributed to its exit from the federal government’s emergency bank industry rescue program established in 2008.

56. First Horizon Swings to Q4 Loss Related to TARP Repayment - Friday, January 21, 2011

First Tennessee Bank’s parent company swung to a loss in the fourth quarter, a reversal the company attributed to its exit from the federal government’s emergency bank industry rescue program established in 2008.

57. All Eyes on First Horizon in Advance of Q4 Report - Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The consensus estimate of how First Tennessee Bank’s parent company fared in the fourth quarter is that it dipped back into the red following two straight quarterly profits.

58. 2010 Year of Changes for Financial Services Industry - Monday, December 27, 2010

From the high finance of Wall Street to the Main Street banks in Memphis that make loans and collect deposits, no corner of the financial services industry was spared from dramatic changes in 2010.

59. First Horizon to Repay TARP Funds - Tuesday, December 14, 2010

First Tennessee Bank’s top brass can cross two big items off the company to-do list.

The largest Tennessee-based banking company has announced its intention to repay the investment of $866 million in emergency federal funds injected into the company in late 2008.

60. First Tennessee Parent to Repay TARP - Monday, December 13, 2010

First Tennessee Bank's top brass can cross two big items off the company to-do list.

The largest Tennessee-based banking company has announced its intention to repay the investment of $866 million in emergency federal funds injected into the company in late 2008 as part of the government rescue of the financial system.

61. First Horizon Pushes For Efficiency - Monday, November 29, 2010

First Horizon National Corp., the Memphis-based parent company of First Tennessee Bank, is mum on its recent round of job cuts except to say that more trimming is likely as the company strives for greater efficiency.

62. First Horizon Focused on Productivity, Profitability - Monday, November 15, 2010

First Horizon National Corp.’s turnaround story is still a work in progress, but president and CEO Bryan Jordan told analysts during an industry conference this month he likes how it’s unfolding so far.

63. First Horizon Scores Another Surprise Profit - Monday, October 18, 2010

For the second quarter in a row, the parent company of First Tennessee Bank has posted a surprise profit and soundly beat even the most optimistic analyst forecast.

64. First Horizon Scores Another Surprise Profit - Friday, October 15, 2010

For the second quarter in a row, the parent company of First Tennessee Bank has posted a surprise profit and soundly beat even the most optimistic analyst forecast.

65. Banks Look to Reshape Rocky Landscape - Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Memphis and Tennessee economies are looking brighter compared to the country at large.

Larger banks in the Memphis market will continue to lose market share to smaller competitors that are hungry and nimble. And many local banks have the cash and the desire to go on a buying spree – for other banks, that is.

66. Magna Releases Grim Q2 Update - Monday, September 13, 2010

Executives at Memphis’ third-largest local bank clearly have been spending a lot of time thinking about the future.

Among the highlights at Magna Bank in the second quarter, Magna added mobile banking capability for its debit card customers.

67. Triumph Lives Up to Name With Q2 Earnings - Monday, August 09, 2010

Profits down. Money set aside for bad loans on the rise. Outlook uncertain.

Those are some of most frequent themes of recent quarterly earnings announcements from local and national banks as they struggle to recover from the worst recession and operating environment in generations.

68. First Horizon Reports $2.7M Profit - Monday, July 19, 2010

The parent company of First Tennessee Bank made a surprise return to profitability in the second quarter, beating even the most optimistic analyst forecast and breaking an eight-quarter string of earnings losses.

69. First Horizon Reports $2.7M Profit - Friday, July 16, 2010

The parent company of First Tennessee Bank made a surprise return to profitability in the second quarter, beating even the most optimistic analyst forecast and breaking an eight-quarter string of earnings losses.

70. First Tennessee on Cusp of Profitability - Friday, July 02, 2010

Memphis’ most prominent local bank – which is also the largest based in Tennessee – looks close to breaking an eight-quarter string of earnings losses.

The average estimate among 26 analysts who cover the stock of Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp., the parent company of First Tennessee Bank, is that First Horizon will report another loss when it unveils its second quarter earnings in two weeks. But the loss will likely be a small one.

71. Reform Views Vary Among Local Bankers - Monday, June 14, 2010

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., slammed the debate over financial reform legislation in no uncertain terms during the Tennessee Bankers Association annual meeting last week in Nashville.

“My strategy is to pray,” said Corker, who’s also a member of the congressional negotiating team that will reconcile differences between separate reform bills and merge them together.

72. Deal 'Huge' For Office Real Estate Market - Thursday, June 10, 2010

The lease that sent Glankler Brown PLLC from Downtown to East Memphis was one of the most significant commercial real estate deals inked all year, even in a city known for its abundance of large industrial transactions.

73. Profitability in Tennessee Banks Increases - Monday, May 24, 2010

No need to send Tennessee's banking industry a Get Well Soon card. It’s already headed that way.

Less than half of the state’s 157 biggest banks – those with assets of more than $100 million – lost money or reported flat earnings in the first quarter, according to new figures from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

74. Cohen Joins Fight Against Mega-Banks - Monday, May 10, 2010

Limit risk-taking.

Create a new super-regulator. Use a sale of bank assets to pay for cleaning up the next mammoth meltdown.

As lawmakers consider those and other ideas in putting the final touches on financial overhaul legislation, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, wants another proposal placed on the table: putting a ceiling on how large banks can grow.

75. Little Guys, Big Guys - Monday, February 22, 2010

No one would mistake a local institution like Tri-State Bank for one of Wall Street’s mighty titans of finance, whose recent woes brought the U.S. and world economies to their knees.

76. Slow Road to Rebound - Friday, January 08, 2010

Don’t bother listening for the sound of champagne corks popping.

Instead of celebrating the end of 2009’s financial turmoil, many bankers and industry professionals in the Memphis area are greeting the arrival of a new year with a sigh of relief. And they’re recommitting themselves to game plans cobbled together either last year or back in 2008 to put their institutions on firmer footing.

77. Mixed Signals Remain for Local Banking Industry - Monday, December 21, 2009

The old proverb about the fear of dismounting a tiger – once you’re riding one, you can’t hop off without becoming easy prey for the beast – seems applicable to the banking industry at the moment.

The tiger it’s riding is an economy marked by delinquent mortgages, companies shedding jobs and unpaid consumer loans stacking up as borrowers fall further behind. As a result of that upheaval, the U.S. government has basically turned into a vast holding company sitting on giant stakes in automakers and hundreds of banks.

78. Q3 Bank Picture Not Pretty in Tennessee - Monday, November 30, 2009

At the end of the first quarter of this year, less than one out of every four commercial banks in Tennessee was unprofitable. As of Sept. 30, that ratio had worsened, growing to slightly more than one-in-three, according to a new report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

79. Banks Anticipate More Optimistic Q3 Earnings - Wednesday, October 14, 2009

When local banks start rolling out third quarter earnings this month, the results might sound familiar.

Bank balance sheets are still covered with red ink. As they’ve been doing for several quarters, banks are still trying to rid themselves of junky assets. They continue socking away money to cover potential losses and soured loans keep piling up.

80. FDIC Proposal Hits Banks With Unexpected Bill - Monday, October 05, 2009

Bank executives were given notice a few days ago they’d have to write a big, unexpected check to the federal government at the end of this year.

The reactions from bankers and industry analysts in the Memphis market to that proposal – and to the spike in fees banks have paid since the start of the financial crisis – show little variation. They generally agree the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chose the most politically palatable route for replenishing its battered deposit insurance fund, which protects consumer bank deposits.

81. Banking Field Trip Shows Signs Of Local Recovery - Monday, September 28, 2009

The economy is beginning to see a small break in the clouds.

Local banks are warm to the possibility of gobbling up other banks and failed rivals if government financial backing is part of the deal.

82. Banks Pay Back $30M in Interest on TARP Money - Monday, July 27, 2009

The federal government has collected almost $30 million in interest payments from Memphis-area banks that got emergency capital starting last year, according to a new report from the U.S. Treasury.

83. Time Warner Expects $25B Charge, Loss for Year - Thursday, January 08, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) - Media company Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that it expects a fourth-quarter charge of $25 billion to write down the value of its cable, publishing and AOL assets, leading to a loss for the year.

84. Phillips to Become President of Optometry School - Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Dr. Richard W. Phillips has been named president-elect of Southern College of Optometry in Memphis. Phillips is a 1978 graduate of the college and the former regional executive director for Tennessee operations for TLC - Laser Eye Centers. He will be only the sixth person to hold the office in the college's 75-year history. Phillips will assume the presidency May 17. He is replacing William E. Cochran, who is retiring.

85. Wunderlich SecuritiesBuys Capital Securities of America - Friday, January 19, 2007
     Memphis-based Wunderlich Securities plans to buy Hartville, Ohio-based Capital Securities of America (CSA) for an undisclosed amount.
     The deal will add more than 70 brokers to the Wunde

86. Wunderlich to Open Office in New York - Friday, June 16, 2006
    Wunderlich Securities Inc., an investment banking firm headquartered in Memphis, signed a five-year lease Thursday to open a new branch office at 200 Old Country Road in Mineola, New York.
    The comp

87. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, June 05, 2002
Antonio L Antonio L. Mathews joined the Memphis office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell as an associate. Mathews concentrates his practice in the area of litigation. He earned a bachelors degree from the University of Tennessee and a law d...