Career moves

Daniel Wani will command a team of 18 wealth management professionals providing a range of services to wealth clients in both states.

Stan Leavitt said he was drawn to the regional firm for its culture and financial planning capabilities.

The four advisers joined the more than 500 lost by the wirehouse in the last nine months.

The new complex manager will oversee 43 advisers at the regional brokerage.

The advisers previously worked at RBC Wealth Management, with one of them making the firm’s Chairman’s Council.

The two advisers bolted in a quarter that saw their ex-firm lose 130 advisers.

This is the second time Jefferies has poached Miami-based adviser talent from the wirehouse.

Despite hiring pullbacks at the larger firms, there's been no shortage of multibillion dollar moves.

The firm's headcount has steadily declined since the bogus account scandal came to light last year.

Investment head Tim Buckley will succeed Bill McNabb, who led efforts that more than tripled the firm’s assets since taking over as CEO in 2008.