Jessica Mathews

Stifel is expanding on the West Coast, hiring 13 recruits in California year-to-date.

Banking scandals are playing only a small role in advisor attrition, the firm says.

The regional firm has opened five new branches and hired at least 73 advisors year-to-date.

Allison Felix was promoted after 17 years at the firm, part of a transitional process to eventually become CEO.

Acorns co-founder Jeffrey Cruttenden says clients would vote, if they realized they had the rights.

The proposal would lay out formal steps for setting up less-complicated funds.

Six of the top 10 advisor recruits — managing roughly $13.2 billion in client assets — have walked out of the wirehouse so far this year.

These mega brokers managed $18 billion in assets at their previous firms.

Jim Senderling and John Robbie had been with Merrill Lynch for 27 and 25 years, respectively.

The new competition asks innovators to take client experience to the next level.

Total broker head count dropped by 173 from the prior quarter, according to the wirehouse.

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The firm has recruited 71 advisors so this year and opened branches in four states, according to a spokeswoman.

The firm plans to double in size in the next three years.

Since early May, the wirehouse has lost at least 27 advisors managing a combined $15 billion.

While Raymond James and Stifel are on hiring sprees, Wells Fargo is still losing talent.

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Wells Fargo has lost at least 80 brokers managing more than $12 billion in assets before the end of the second quarter.

The firm agreed to settle and admitted wrongdoing, according to the regulator.