Andrew Welsch is a former managing editor of Financial Planning.
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Two advisors who oversaw $300 million in assets at UBS have left to join Merrill Lynch.
June 2 -
The wirehouses are increasingly relying on lending to strengthen client relationships, create stickiness for the firm and boost revenue.
June 1 -
Only one-third of wealthy clients say their advisors are talking with them about planning for longevity risk, according to a new U.S. Trust study.
May 28 -
The wirehouse advisor moved to the independent channel at Wells Fargo.
May 27 -
The ranks of the ultrawealthy are graying, and many are trying to figure out what their legacy will be.
May 26 -
According to a survey of these elite leaders, wealth managers are leaving for more intimate work environments, and more will be making a move.
May 26 -
Wealth management firms are fighting negative perceptions to recruit college students and other millennials to the business.
May 22 -
The generation gap may not be as wide when it comes to young recruits and their elder counterparts.
May 21 -
The industry takes on the challenge of mentoring young recruits by focusing on the senior wealth managers who guide them.
May 21 -
A group with $4 million in production moved between the wirehouses, saying it wanted access to the banking and lending capabilities at Bank of America.
May 20 -
Independent advisors are bucking the broader trend and going to work for wirehouses and regional firms, ditching managerial tasks for simplicity and payoff.
May 14 -
Two veterans left the wirehouse this week for different firms, including Janney Montgomery Scott.
May 13 -
Authorities allege that two self-proclaimed "licensed retirement strategists" made false claims in order to resell $4.3 million in life insurance policies to clients.
May 12 -
Four advisors made the move between the wirehouses.
May 12 -
Two advisors left the wirehouse where they generated more than $1.1 million in annual revenues.
May 11 -
Morgan Stanley led the wirehouses on profitability during the first quarter, even as advisor headcount declined.
May 11 -
Two advisors that produced $2.15 million in annual revenue joined Raymond James Financial Services, the firm's independent broker-dealer.
May 6 -
The head of UBS' Client Advisory Group Bob Mulholland is set to retire, and will be replaced by fellow executive Brian Hull according to an internal UBS memo.
May 5 -
Two other groups that managed more than $300 million also move to the wirehouse.
May 5 -
A strong dollar and difficulties finding value have pushed advisors to look overseas.
May 5


