Career moves

Dennis Zank will continue to be affiliated with Raymond James as a financial advisor.

The firm also opened a new office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The executive will lead PNC’s wealth business beginning in June.

The wirehouse exodus continues, as a team of Wells Fargo advisors jumps ship for the independent firm.

Timothy Scheve will complete the term of John Thiel, the former head of Merrill Lynch, who left FINRA's board earlier this year.

Tom Thives, a 34-year industry veteran, will head up the firm’s offices in New Jersey.

One of the biggest notable losses came from Merrill Lynch, which lost a team managing $1 billion to the independent space.

The advisor, a former employee, has been soliciting more than two dozen clients at the bank, JPMorgan says.

Bill Hamm’s Independent Financial Partners has grown more than fivefold in 10 years with the No. 1 IBD.

Like other broker-dealers, the firm is far from achieving a ratio of 50/50 men-and-women planners.