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Two wirehouse advisors left the Charlotte branch one Friday afternoon, for separate firms.

With the increased popularity of open architecture systems, fewer RIAs are operating their practices solely based on proprietary tech from a custodian.

To keep pace with its peers, Morgan Stanley is ramping up its online offerings in banking and wealth management.

Planners ranging from sole practitioners to the largest OSJ enterprises welcomed the CEO’s comment that the firm's culture was not aligned with its strategy.

The firm announced last week that it would reinstate traditional brokerage for retirement accounts in October, giving new life to the conflicts it had eliminated.

The wirehouse has been hemorrhaging talent over the last few months.

The new hires include a rare independent-to-employee career move.

The OSJ spans dozens of advisors, and it marks at least the ninth major exit following a change in policies at the No. 1 IBD.

The partners opened their RIA under consultation with a firm founded by former HighTower executives last year.

The bank said it thoroughly investigates all complaints of impropriety after a report said the company is failing to treat some of its female employees fairly.