What do these "Vice President" titles mean at Financial firms?

[CorporateCowboy]

Originally Posted by Lowexpectations

The ask in the OP wasn’t about finance as a whole. The specific reference was investment firms of which I’ve spent more than a couple of decades at. To suggest I don’t understand the difference is pure ignorance. I understand the difference and have outlined how the two are different. You are arguing in a space I’m well versed in and you clearly aren’t

I don't know how you've worked at an investment firm for a couple of decades and don't understand the structure of asset management (including banks, lol) or how it differs, yes - as a whole, from VP titles in the corporate heirarchy elsewhere. Many appear to understand the concept as evidenced by other posts in the thread, even sans your experience (my condolences, btw).

Originally Posted by Lowexpectations

The OP isn’t asking about the titles at banks.

Originally Posted by Lowexpectations

The specific reference was investment firms

The OP referenced financial firms in the thread title, which encompasses the asset management sector of the financial industry - banks included.

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by CorporateCowboy

I don't know how you've worked at an investment firm for a couple of decades and don't understand the structure of asset management (including banks, lol) or how it differs, yes - as a whole, from VP titles in the corporate heirarchy elsewhere. Many appear to understand the concept as evidenced by other posts in the thread, even sans your experience (my condolences, btw).

I understand it fully and am aware your just bs’ing here

The OP referenced financial firms in the thread title, which encompasses the asset management sector of the financial industry - banks included.

Might be beyond your ability to follow along past the thread title and actually read the post the OP made

Originally Posted by britaintowsend

I was surfing online at these Financial Firms (ie. Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwabb, etc),
and I came across their financial advisor's contact pages.

Any indication here we are talking about bank branch employees? Nah. Wealth management employees? Yes clearly. In the wealth management platform these titles, for advisors is earned by revenue generation. Your comments pertaining to bank employees or any other corporate structure aren’t relevant at all

[Tencent]

Just means a little more documentation required to fire you

[CorporateCowboy]

Originally Posted by Lowexpectations

I understand it fully and am aware your just bs’ing here

To the contrary, you're the one who stated publicly you have worked at 'investment firms' for a 'couple of decades' (and it appears to have been done so simply to argue/harass/defend your inability to apply reasoning to my absolutely relative (and concise) point/contribution to the thread.

Curious - was your title VP?

Originally Posted by Lowexpectations

Any indication here we are talking about bank branch employees? Nah. Wealth management employees? Yes clearly.

Again, I'm speaking to the asset management sector of the finance industry (including banks) as a whole i.e. financial firms, per the thread title. Consider JPMorgan Chase, for example (and nowhere did I mention 'bank branch employees'), lol.