Industry

Compared to other types of advisors, 40% of wealthy investors in that range were likely to choose a full services brokerage (such as a wirehouse or regional broker-dealer) over another advisor such as an RIA or accountant.

“We see RIAs increasing market share by 0.5% to 1% a year,” said Scott Smith, an associate director at Cerulli. “as the full-service firms experience an erosive but not a catastrophic decline.”

A team of six financial advisors have left Prudential to form Capstone Affluent Strategies, an independent wealth manager that has partnered with LPL Financial.

The regional bank plans to substantially strengthen its western footprint with new advisors in Oregon, Washington, California and Nevada.

Bank of America Corp., the second- largest U.S. lender, said third-quarter profit dropped 95 percent on litigation expenses and an accounting charge tied to the firm’s debt.

Natixis Global Asset Management has agreed to buy McDonnell Investment Management, an Oak Brook, Illinois-based investment advisor with some $13.5 billion in assets under management for institutions and individuals.

Janney’s 32nd hire in their private client group this year, George Keith will be complex manager in Darien, Conn.

London-based Northill Capital has agreed to buy a majority interest in Riverbridge Partners, a Minneapolis-based specialist investment manager of small, mid and large cap US equity growth portfolios for institutional and high net worth investors.

Seven advisors have joined Baird’s wealth management group in Texas, Maryland and Nebraska in a late summer round of recruiting.

Wells Fargo & Co., the biggest U.S. home lender, is restructuring sales and trading operations to form a new markets division at its investment bank as the firm challenges more established Wall Street rivals.