Bank Channel

Meet the best of the best in the bank channel. Read about how they approach their jobs, how they serve clients and how they made the list.

The top advisor this year, Brock Kidd from Pinnacle Bank, focuses on well-heeled clients and many of Nashville’s high-profile musicians.

Here we conclude with the fourth and final segment of the Top 100 Bank Advisors. You can see all the other rankings (1-75) in our corresponding slideshows.

Here we present the third segment of the Top 100 Bank Advisors. You can see the top 50, as well as those who ranked 76-100, in our corresponding slideshows.

Here is the second segment of the Top 100 Bank Advisors. Check out the top 25, as well as those who ranked 51-100, in separate slideshows.

A well-rounded approach wins the day with the annual advisor ranking. No one-trick ponies allowed, as multiple metrics count toward advisors' scores, including AUM, production, growth and fee business.

Which banks and credit unions are advisors moving to? Eight recently jumped to Union Bank, Wilmington Trust and other institutions from J.P. Morgan Chase, PNC Bank, Wells Fargo and City National Bank, among others.

Central Valley Community Bank of Fresno, California, will look to Raymond James to help it expand its client investment offerings.

The exec returned to Northern Trust as market leader of Sarasota and Manatee counties in Florida after a five-year stint with U.S. Trust.

A massive acquisition, the possible end of the Broker Protocol and other issues will shape the industry in 2018.