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The agency is using data analytics to scrutinize broker-dealers and advisors who are recommending an increasingly complex array of products.

The new recruits join Baird from Wells Fargo Advisors and Stifel.

An advisor overseeing $355 million in client assets joined Morgan Stanley.

“It’s the most important thing you can do for your business, the single greatest value driver,” said Rick Schwartz, managing director for business consulting at Schwab Advisory Services.

The executive will serve wealthy families in the eastern Florida region, including Jupiter, Palm Beach and Miami, as the bank looks to expand GenSpring, its ultrahigh-net-worth business.

The wirehouse is taking a personalized approach, says Mary Mack, head of Wells Fargo Advisors: "We are learning more about them and they are learning more about us."

Acquisition of Hokanson Associates is just the start, Aspiriant CEO Rob Francais says: “We are open for business.”

The decision to create rather than buy an existing digital platform spurred an emotional response from competitors, Schwab Chief Walt Bettinger tells attendees at its annual Impact conference.

TD Ameritrade named Toronto-Dominion Bank’s Tim Hockey as its next chief executive officer, prompting an executive shuffle at Canada’s largest lender by assets..

The wirehouse picked up five recruits from J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley.