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President Trump signed a series of executive orders after his inauguration, including a hiring freeze for federal government workers, particularly at the IRS.

We named the largest firms and honored those making an impact in wealth management and technology, among other recognitions in the last year.

Ben Conner is the CEO of Conner Insurance.

Kyle Krumlauf is director of industry analytics for CCC Intelligent Solutions, a cloud platform powering the P&C insurance economy, providing customers with information andinsights to help them manage their businesses. Kyle brings over 20 years of industry experience, having served in a variety of leadership and individual contributor roles at Nationwide and Grange Insurance. He has worked in claims, comparative rating, product management, competitive intelligence, commercial lines BI & Analytics, and Innovation. 

The many technical skills and professional requirements get most of the attention. But experts say a transition also requires a great deal of time and other capabilities.

Denise Leonhard is the general manager of Zelle.

Raymond James also recruited from Charles Schwab, and LPL from Raymond James and Merrill

Tom Suchodolski is a vice president and client advisor in Whittier Trust's Pasadena, California office, where he manages complex, multigenerational client relationships for ultrahigh net worth families.

Prior to joining Whittier Trust, he was a part of the forensic accounting group at CBIZ MHM in Los Angeles, working closely with ultrahigh net worth clients and their attorneys on highly complex and confidential legal matters.

Regulators took the wirehouses to task for not having policies directing advisors to consider clients' best interests.

The Malvern, Pennsylvania-based asset manager was dinged by the SEC, which said it made misleading statements to some retirement savers.