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The additions allow the Rhode Island bank to expand its wealth management footprint along the East Coast and in San Francisco, where the recently shuttered First Republic was based.

The new firm, set to begin operations on Monday, will be partnering with Highwater

The defections by Stewart Webb and Gerald Garner highlight a slew of recent recruiting moves, hirings and M&A deals displaying fierce competition for talent.

The former advisor faces as many as 10 years in prison for stealing roughly $1.7 million from relatives' brokerage accounts to pay for trips, cruises and other personal expenses.

Dennis B. Levine, a central player in the 1980's most notorious insider trading scheme, benefits from the regulator's fix, but so will some everyday financial planners.

It may take time, trial and error but the turbo-AI tool is worth integrating into an advisory firm's marketing technology stack.

Industry groups question the wisdom of regulators seeking to have one rule on data breaches for broker-dealers and another one for advisors.

CEO Peter Mallouk says more growth is on the way for his firm after the private equity-backed company unveiled its second billion-dollar deal of the year.

Could the collapsed bank's advisors who are now at the Wall Street giant become a 'red-headed stepchild'?

Proponents of the House of Representatives legislation argue that new regulations often fall disproportionately on financial planners that don't have formal compliance and legal departments.