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Banking products and lending services helped boost the firm's bottom line even as advisor headcount continued to fall.

Will the trickle of advisors leaving Barclays for rival firms turn into a flood?

The advisor managed nearly half a billion dollars in client assets while at Barclays.

The most important investment a wealth management firm can make is in its people. To thrive over the long term, firms must be able to attract and land great talent.

With the addition of the new recruits, Faubourg Private Wealth Advisors now has seven former J.P. Morgan advisors.

The advisors managed a combined $278 million in client assets.

Even as a first step for clients seeking information on advisors, BrokerCheck is under scrutiny by advocacy groups.

The multi-strategy hedge-fund manager with about $7 billion in assets is seeking to raise $500 million for its first private equity fund.

The move represents HighTower's eighth transition this year and its 14th office on the West Coast.

Regulators have cracked down on LPL advisors in Massachusetts for using terms like "Retirement Specialist" and "Retirement Income Planning Specialist" -- while its planners use them elsewhere.