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The fast-growing financial firm acquired an RIA and pulled over a wirehouse team.

More than two dozen teams managing $1 billion or more in client assets switched firms this year. See where they landed.

Fired adviser Johnny Burris complained the firm forced him to sell unsuitable products to clients, long before it acknowledged to the SEC it “violated the federal securities laws.”

Four scenarios are possible. Here’s the most likely.

The two wirehouses are taking different approaches in their comp plans for next year, with one aiming to herd its more senior advisors away from smaller accounts.

Tammy Petersen will be on federal probation for three years and will have to complete 200 hours of community service for embezzling more than $118,000 from Bank of America customer accounts.

The new recruits moved over to the independent side of the wirehouse.

After losing dozens of advisors who managed billions in client assets to UBS, scorned Credit Suisse strikes back with legal challenge.

Only 9% of younger advisors on ownership track have equity stakes in their firms, reveals the Fidelity Benchmarking Study.

Regulator could make some "immediate" changes; arbitration reform advocate says he's "hopeful."