Career moves

Jim Rourke and Michael Liu will serve as co-heads of private client partnership development, linking Bank of America's investment bank, Merrill and the firm's private bank.

Within days of a colleague's retirement and having been introduced as their new advisor, Corbin Hoffner left for Raymond James.

Professional athletes, who may have struggled financially for years, often suddenly come into large sums of money once they achieve their dreams. That's where a financial advisor can help — especially one who is a former athlete.

LPL presses forward with deals that have made it one of the fastest-growing firms in recent years.

Nuno Matos, once a contender to be chief executive, is leaving after nine years at the firm.

A founder of Harbor Lights Financial Group said he and his partners scouted possible private equity buyers and decided LPL was the best option for preserving their firm's legacy.

The hires add credibility to the wirehouse's renewed commitment to recruiting.

The family-run Investment Advisors Financial Group team brings $1 billion in assets.

The pair previously worked together at the Denver office of Citi Private Bank.

Whether they were members of the military, teachers, civil engineers, broadcasters, human resources directors or something else, they all share a desire to examine what profession truly fulfills them and take the often arduous path of reinvention.