Andrew Welsch

The two advisors have already transferred about $160 million in client assets, according to their former employer.

The bank is selling the technology behind its U.K.-based digital advice business to SigFig, a Silicon Valley startup.

The brokerage firm is holding off on making major changes while regulatory frameworks shift once again.

Both the regional BD and RIA have benefited from an exodus of wirehouse talent.

The case is a legacy of the fallout from Puerto Rico's bond crisis and the performance of UBS closed-end funds.

The firm is finding success despite being outside the Broker Protocol.

The client relationship manager is now on a leave of absence, according to Merrill.

The advisors decided to join the firm following a meeting with Raymond James' leadership in St. Petersburg.

The firm "deprived its clients of unbiased financial advice," the regulator says.

The firm is trying a new approach 10 months after quitting the Broker Protocol.

Jean McCrave Baxter claims colleagues made sexual jokes and she was denied advancement opportunities afforded to male co-workers.

Two wirehouse veterans are the latest to join a fast growing independent firm.

Clashes over the Labor Department's fiduciary rule have carried over into the debate on the SEC's proposed regulation.

The boutique wealth manager has been aggressively courting top brokers.

The regional BD's three hires come from Wells Fargo and Ameriprise.

The firm promoted two insiders: David Sliney and Jim Marischen.

The dispute pits four advisors against big Wall Street names: Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James and Merrill Lynch.

“The industry has not done any favors to young advisors,” says independent advisor Douglas Boneparth.

One of the firm's two new executives is a wirehouse veteran who started her career at Merrill Lynch in 1990.

It will host public forums in nearly two dozen cities over the next 16 months.