Maddy Perkins

Raymond James has picked up a UBS advisor team that had annual fees and commissions of about $1.9 million.

It's a busy recruiting season for Wells Fargo, which announced that it has added four wirehouse advisors managing about $450 million in assets.

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The financial powerhouse announced it has acquired the business of Capital Planning Advisory Group, a small Yardley, Pa.-based RIA. The team will bring $120 million in client assets.

HighTower has expanded its West Coast market by picking up an independent team with $400 million in assets in Bellevue, Wash.

Baird has appointed a director for its Houston market and has picked up another advisor with $350 million in client assets.

The wirehouse aims to appeal to the next generation of advisors with its new Team Financial Advisor training program.

Midwest assistant regional director Matt Ransom has been promoted to vice president of new financial advisor training and development for its HNW education and practice management team.

A veteran advisor has left Morgan Stanley for a Chicago-based boutique investment firm where he will oversee $300 million in client assets.

Securities America will acquire assets of a Missouri-based full-service broker-dealer with 368 advisors and $2.4 billion in client assets.

With $7.86 billion in assets, PIMCO has the largest share of the active ETF market. While these products are gaining ground, they still make up just a small fraction of the total ETF market and PIMCO has yet to break into the top 10 providers overall.

Two financial advisors have left Wells Fargo to join Raymond James Financial Services, the regional's independent broker/dealer.

While there has been rapid growth in U.S. ETFs over the last few years, there has been almost exponential growth of these products worldwide.

Raymond James has lured away two advisors managing $100 million in client assets from UBS.

U.S equity fund assets are near record levels, but in a reversal of last year’s trend, investors are putting more money into bond funds than U.S. stock funds.

Baird and McAdams Wright Ragen will combine offices in Portland, Ore., following Baird's recent acquisition of the Seattle-based broker-dealer.

A Morgan Stanley team that managed over $650 million has gone independent using a new consultant.

The top three players – Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard – currently dominate U.S. ETF market share, holding more than 80% of total assets as of mid-2014, a percentage that has remained relatively unchanged since 2012.

A Morgan Stanley advisor with $200 million in assets under management has rejoined Merrill Lynch.

The American College has redesigned its Chartered Financial Consultant designation coursework to add a focus on real-world client issues like divorce, LGBT families, retirement income and behavioral finance.