Dan Shaw

The win for Morgan Stanley comes after a recent string of victories against brokers who left for rival firms. But as the outcome in the JPMorgan case shows, firms don't always prevail.

Complex manager John Moran says RBC Wealth Management's New York market has recruited advisors with nearly $10 billion in assets this fiscal year, pulling from rivals like UBS, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley.

A proposed "model rule" would give state regulators laws they could adopt to bring their marketing regulations for investment advisors in line with the SEC's.

Valuation experts caution that advisors selling their businesses put too much weight on EBITDA multiples and overlook many factors that can reduce the value of a deal.

Also this week, the tech-driven RIA Farther boosts its AUM total to over $13 billion with a recruiting blitz, Mercer adds an RIA with more than $1 billion in assets and Cresset fills out its C-suite.

CEO Rich Steinmeier reiterated LPL's goal to retain 90% of Commonwealth's assets and headcount while listing reasons why advisors might think twice about leaving to start their own RIAs.

Nearly 110 other advisors have left the boutique Commonwealth since April for firms including Raymond James, Purshe Kaplan Sterling, Cambridge Investment Research and Kestra.

The Swiss financial giant also saw its assets flow out of its Americas business in the second quarter as advisors left and clients set aside billions for taxes.

Emily Dreas, who became a senior executive for the firm's New York market earlier this year, has been busy filling out the firm's leadership ranks with hires from industry rivals.

For many family offices, the bulk of services they provide takes a backseat to one specific goal: preserving wealth for their clients' heirs.

Wealth managers are rushing to serve ultrahigh net worth clients. But industry veterans warn some may be promising more than they can deliver.

Departures from the Swiss banking giant show no signs of letting up in a week that also saw LPL Financial and Elevation Pointe announce big deals.

Chuck Roberts, whose recommendations of structured notes landed the St. Louis firm a nearly $133 million arbitration award, was kicked out of the industry after ceasing to cooperate with a regulatory investigation.

The Wall Street powerhouse has built its wealth division in large part through big deals but is not "looking to make acquisitions just for the sake of it, " said CEO Ted Pick.

But the Bank of America subsidiaries nonetheless reported rises in AUM and net revenue in the second quarter while adding thousands of new client relationships.

The accusations led to the end of 16 years at the firm.

In an earnings call Tuesday, CEO Charlie Scharf credited brokers in the firm's branches for working with consumer bankers for a 10% increase in new assets.

Also this week, LPL Financial and Janney Montgomery Scott log recruiting deals while RIA aggregators like Sanctuary Wealth, Beacon Pointe and Carson Group go on an acquisition tear.

Morgan Stanley had gone to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to fight a lower court's finding that its deferred compensation policies fall under federal retirement law.

As one advisor leaves Commonwealth Financial Network to join Osaic and others depart to start RIAs, industry experts say the departures are in line with expectations.