Andrew Welsch

Recruits who generated $4.5 million make the move between wirehouses.

The advisors left UBS and Huntington Investment for the Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network.

Fiduciary advocates question the math behind the opponents' estimate, calling it an "Alice in Wonderland report" without backing.

The Swiss-owned wirehouse said it recruited three Morgan Stanley advisors who generated more than $3 million in annual revenue.

The regional brokerage lured away three recruits from rivals Wells Fargo and Raymond James.

The new recruits joined the firm's employee and independent channels.

"When you put this in the context of rule changes that have occurred since the financial crisis, this would rank at the top," notes James Allen, CEO of Hilliard Lyons.

"You're getting them through one of the worst things in their life, whether they wanted the divorce or not," says advisor Charles Day.

The wirehouse recruited a Morgan Stanley team that generated $10 million in annual revenue.

The wirehouse collects for breach of a promissory note.

The broker earned $57,000 in commissions off two clients and faces a dozen judgments and liens against him totaling more than $150,000, according to regulators.

An arbitration panel ordered the wirehouse to pay two former clients $250,000, a mere 10% of what they originally sought, in a case involving the sale of funds of Puerto Rican municipal bonds.

While the group moves between wirehouses, Morgan picks up more recruits from Barclays.

Advisors are backing off equities and bonds, as volatility and the Greek crisis have some clients 'spooked.'

Junior recruits entering the business as potential partners have their own take on how to boost business.

How the wirehouse and a new training program will bring in 1,500 new recruits.

The firm pursued the advisor for a bonus clawback while the advisor in turn sought damages for alleged discrimination and breach of good faith.

For the third time in the past year, the wirehouse discharged a long-time advisor with a big book of business, this time alleging "inappropriate workplace behavior."

The departure comes as the British firm prepares to transition its advisors over to Stifel, which is acquiring Barclays’ wealth management operations.