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The largest teams to go indie this year managed more than $5 billion in client assets.

Two advisers left Lebenthal Wealth Advisors to start their own practice approximately two years after they joined the firm.

The regional firm also says it recruited a junior Merrill adviser overseeing $39 million in client assets.

The team's managing director is a wirehouse veteran with close to 30 years of industry experience.

Don’t keep duplicating your efforts if they’re not paying dividends

Don’t keep duplicating your efforts if they’re not paying dividends

"His lies, piled on one after another, have led to today’s substantial and serious charges," U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha said.

Global assets in the funds have surged 37% this year and prices are near a two-year high.

An ill-considered comment or a faux pas in the home stretch can wreck an adviser's plans to switch firms, writes coach and recruiter Elizabeth McCourt.