Andrew Welsch

This year’s report on advisor compensation shows how RIAs and IBDs are attracting, retaining and rewarding talent.

The former wirehouse team oversaw $1.15 billion and will staff a newly opened office for the regional BD.

It’s another big get for a bank that has been busily luring away top talent from the wirehouses.

Big changes to regulations and retirement planning could be in the mix following the Democrat’s election victory.

What different outcomes could mean for financial planners and their clients.

The firm currently fields 40 teams, most of which have joined this year.

Steve Alch, a U.S. Army veteran, has been with the company since 2001 and has overseen the wirehouse’s operations in Orlando.

With more than $1.1 billion in client assets, it is the bank's biggest hire of the year.

Meanwhile, the wirheouse’s advisor headcount ticks down and recruitment loans drop, again.

The advisors are reuniting with a former Smith Barney colleague in one of the firm’s largest hires of the year.