Andrew Welsch

Jean McCrave Baxter claims colleagues made sexual jokes and she was denied advancement opportunities afforded to male co-workers.

Two wirehouse veterans are the latest to join a fast growing independent firm.

Clashes over the Labor Department's fiduciary rule have carried over into the debate on the SEC's proposed regulation.

The boutique wealth manager has been aggressively courting top brokers.

The regional BD's three hires come from Wells Fargo and Ameriprise.

The firm promoted two insiders: David Sliney and Jim Marischen.

The dispute pits four advisors against big Wall Street names: Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James and Merrill Lynch.

“The industry has not done any favors to young advisors,” says independent advisor Douglas Boneparth.

One of the firm's two new executives is a wirehouse veteran who started her career at Merrill Lynch in 1990.

It will host public forums in nearly two dozen cities over the next 16 months.

The firm's brokerage ranks increased by just one advisor year-over-year.

The forthcoming changes will build on digital investments the firm has made recently, according to an executive.

The firm achieved a record 7,719 independent and employee advisors in the second quarter.

Compensation related to financial advisor recruiting fell 22% for the second quarter.

The firm is looking beyond aggressive recruiting efforts that have netted 73 new advisors year-to-date.

The regional broker-dealer has stepped up its expansion this year.

John and Cary Kortze opened Steward Partners' 16th branch office.

Wirehouse policy changes are bearing fruit and leaving advisor career options in flux.

"Tools like Slack are great, but they cannot communicate your culture," said Patrick Tucker, founder of True Measure Advisors.

The recruits oversaw more than $200 million in client assets.