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A Morgan Stanley branch manager, told by his mother to do his best before her passing, works to inspire others in wealth management to do the same.

Two former advisors allege they were punished and eventually fired for reporting misconduct including trainees and interns entering trades as well as misleading clients during cold calls.

In a rapid market downturn, advisors have to suss out the motivation for wanting to sell, while remembering that, ultimately, a client's decision prevails.

"BlackRock is potentially a very powerful partner for advisors," says Sean McDermott, Corporate Insight analyst.

The new recruits had an annual production of $2 million.

The new exec will help the bank's wealth management business groups work together to bring in more business.

RIAs can be an easy entry point for organizations looking to move dirty money and avoid other financial entities that have formal AML procedures in place, says FinCEN.

BlackRock said it is acquiring digital wealth management firm FutureAdvisor, joining the ever more crowded ranks of robo advisors.

The couple had nearly $1.7 million in annual production while at Edward Jones.

Salesforce launched a new platform to help advisors work more efficiently as the cloud computing giant pushes forward with ambitious plans to alter the RIA tech space.