Andrew Welsch

Consumer advocates may turn to state regulators in hopes they’ll pass more stringent rules.

Brokers at the firm have expressed concern their employer and the CFP Board are on a collision course.

The advisors managed more than $225 million in combined client assets.

It could be the most significant update to advisor standards of conduct in years.

The firm has its origins as a family office founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1882.

Several of the firm’s new hires are industry veterans with more than 30 years of industry experience.

The rule requires greater public input, an industry trade group says.

The $230 million team — comprised of two former NHL players — moved over from the firm’s employee brokerage unit.

The pickup adds to the platform service provider’s hot streak.

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“We see optimism, but a guarded optimism,” says Mike Ryan, Americas chief investment officer at UBS Global Wealth Management.

The list includes the biggest wirehouse breakaway team in the past five years.

As New Jersey’s regulators move forward, trade groups and executives warn of increasing compliance costs.

The new recruits signed on with the firm’s independent and employee broker-dealer units.

Advisor headcount reached 2,160 advisors for the first quarter, up a net 43 from the year-ago period.

The changes follow a challenging first quarter for the firm’s wealth management operations.

The switch is the latest in a series of billion-dollar moves so far this year.

The 11-person team, which was assisted by Dynasty Financial Partners, was attracted by the raft of technology options in the independent space.

The company hopes to recruit new advisors by taking a version of its home office tour on the road.

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