Andrew Welsch is a former managing editor of Financial Planning.
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Long, who oversaw 400 advisors at Wedbush, parted ways with the firm earlier this month.
March 30 -
Four advisors joined the firm from rival brokerage D.A. Davidson.
March 30 -
An arbitration panel confirmed that a former advisor will pay back a promissory note to Morgan Stanley - almost 10 years after leaving the firm.
March 26 -
The now-barred advisor stole client funds, and later pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a separate case in which he was accused of defrauding the producers of a Broadway musical.
March 26 -
Launching another volley in the fight over a national fiduciary standard, an investor advocate group argues that brokerage firms are misleading investors.
March 26 -
Schwab sought restitution in arbitration after an advisor left its Private Client Group to join Merrill.
March 24 -
Two wirehouse advisors generating almost $1.7 million jumped to Steward Partners, an independent firm affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services.
March 24 -
Two complex directors moved up the ranks at the wirehouse.
March 24 -
The recruit generated $614,000 in production at his former job.
March 23 -
Morgan Stanley is shifting top executives at the wealth management and capital markets units to give the firm's leadership broader experience with its main businesses.
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It's unclear why Wes Long, who spent most of his career at Wedbush, left on March 17, and whether he has landed elsewhere.
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A FINRA arbitration panel also orders the expungement of the advisor's termination records.
March 19 -
The wealth manager was ordered to pay back Wells Fargo, while he still faces seven client complaints coinciding with UBS' Puerto Rico bond troubles.
March 17 -
The elite Bank of America brokerage unit created a new executive role to oversee philanthropic services.
March 17 -
The heads of the employee and independent advisory channels will report to Ameriprise CEO Jim Cracchiolo when Don Froude steps down as president of the firm's Personal Advisor Group.
March 16 -
Thomas Buck and his daughter, an NFL cheerleader, left the firm for unknown reasons.
March 12 -
A wealth manager has been hit with 14 customer disputes since entering the industry in 2005, FINRA records show.
March 11 -
The wirehouse grabbed a group that produced $2.5 million at RBC.
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The firm also said it had recruited a wirehouse team with $2 million in annual revenues.
March 10 -
Two Morgan Stanley advisors managing about $150 million in assets moved to the regional broker-dealer.
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