Andrew Welsch

Schwab sought restitution in arbitration after an advisor left its Private Client Group to join Merrill.

Two wirehouse advisors generating almost $1.7 million jumped to Steward Partners, an independent firm affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services.

Two complex directors moved up the ranks at the wirehouse.

The recruit generated $614,000 in production at his former job.

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.

It's unclear why Wes Long, who spent most of his career at Wedbush, left on March 17, and whether he has landed elsewhere.

A FINRA arbitration panel also orders the expungement of the advisor's termination records.

The wealth manager was ordered to pay back Wells Fargo, while he still faces seven client complaints coinciding with UBS' Puerto Rico bond troubles.

The elite Bank of America brokerage unit created a new executive role to oversee philanthropic services.

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.

Thomas Buck and his daughter, an NFL cheerleader, left the firm for unknown reasons.

A wealth manager has been hit with 14 customer disputes since entering the industry in 2005, FINRA records show.

The wirehouse grabbed a group that produced $2.5 million at RBC.

The firm also said it had recruited a wirehouse team with $2 million in annual revenues.

Two Morgan Stanley advisors managing about $150 million in assets moved to the regional broker-dealer.

A team that produced $3.1 million in annual revenue moved between wirehouses.

The latest earnings reports from Raymond James, Ameriprise, Stifel and RBC show how these key regional broker-dealers measure up.

Raymond James & Associates tapped a former Morgan Stanley exec and RIA co-founder as regional director.

Wealth managers from separate teams moved to the wirehouse.

Veris Wealth Partners, an RIA specializing in sustainable investing, recruited the advisor, who was managing $500 million as a portfolio manager.