Veteran trust banker talks about new Argent gig, always being willing ‘to be our client’s designated worrier’

Attached list yields payout amounts for more than 100 partners who made at least $1.2M each
[as published in Nashville Post print supplement]

Washington Post blog examines Thompson's 'Tennessee Money Machine,' lack of CON regulations could spell competition for Community Health in Indiana, HCA unveils new imaging facility in Va., Tractor Supply tries La. on for size, and more...

An excerpt from the multi-author book Nashville: An American Self-Portrait, edited by John Egerton and E. Thomas Wood

Broker's 'inherent conflicts of interest' blamed for excessive commissions

It was a year that few in Nashville's business community will forget. A venerable name in the financial community went by the wayside. A Nashville-based company that people here knew little about became the focus of one of the worst product-liability controversies in history. And the steward of the Grand Ole Opry endured a series of strategic upheavals.

[Fri 11:50 a.m. Sep 22]-What's the J.C. Bradford & Co. name worth?

[Mon 2:20 pm 5 Sept]

[UPDATE 3 -- Fri 8:42 am Apr 28; first filed Thu 5:30 p.m.]--Nashville to lose last of the large locally-owned financial-services companies

[Thu 4:22 pm Mar 30]--With its brokers being aggressively recruited by competitors, J.C. Bradford & Co. attempted to settle its workers' concerns. Many in and out of the firm expect an announcement soon.