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The practice transitioned in a week in which 15 advisors joined their new firm in three separate moves.

Mark Abell is senior vice president and SBA division director at NBH Bank. NBH Bank serves clients through Bank Midwest, Community Banks of Colorado, and Hillcrest Bank.

The company’s third-quarter earnings report shows big gains coming from retail and RIAs.

Doug Dennerline is chief executive officer at Betterworks.

Cliff Rosenthal retired from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but is best known to CUs as the former CEO of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (now nown as Inclusiv).

One of the biggest drivers of the better-than-expected earnings was the good economy and prudent lending.

Stanley Keller is senior partner at Locke Lord LLP who focuses his practice on corporate and securities laws. He chaired the ABA’s Federal Regulation of Securities Committee during the height of the Sarbanes-Oxley era and in that role interacted on behalf of the private bar with the SEC, other governmental officials and the stock exchanges. He served as Chair of the ABA’s Legal Opinions Committee and is currently leading the effort to establish a statement of nationally recognized opinion practices. He also was Chair of the ABA’s Audit Responses Committee. He was active in the ABA’s Task Forces dealing with SEC Attorney Conduct Rules, Corporate Responsibility and Attorney-Client Privilege. As a member of the ABA’s Corporate Laws Committee, he was Special Reporter for the 2016 Revision of the Model Business Corporation Act and before that was Co-Chair of the Task Force that drafted the Massachusetts Business Corporation Law. He also Chaired the Boston Bar Association’s Business Law Section and Corporation Law Committee.

Stuart Murdoch is a senior consultant with 45 years of experience in IT. He has spent the last 25 years working to bridge the gaps between IT, operational processes and business people. He is adept at communicating at all levels – from board-room strategies to shop-floor realization.

Whether targeting baseball players or tech execs, some firms place their bets on a narrow client focus.

Compared with college-educated professionals, high school educated workers retire earlier because their jobs are physically demanding and less appealing for aging workers.