Not much, the country's top brokers say.

"The top brokers now are celebrities, making several million dollars a year," Ms. Kennedy said.

As such, a number of top brokers bolted the firm in the final 3 years before the UBS deal.

Government investigators said the crash was engineered by a cartel of top brokers, stock exchange officials, banks and financiers.

I thought the rooms looked better the other way, but it was hard to argue with Joanne's record as one of Philadelphia's top brokers.

I'm one of the top brokers in this area.

She is known throughout the industry as a shrewd businesswoman, luring top brokers from other firms.

"Mobil has just moved here," said Michael Sullivan, one of the city's top brokers.

He was one of Oppenheimer's top brokers, known for generating several million dollars a year in commissions, senior brokers at the firm said.

But Francine was surprised that the top broker in the office asked her to come under his guidance.