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Now that the layoff era is finally over for Wall Street, large financial institutions are beginning to grow their teams again. But they are not the only ones that are on the lookout for fresh talent.

Facebook, which is used by 85% of advisors that are using social media, is far and away the most widely-used application, followed by LinkedIn (56%), Twitter (44%), Google (34%) and YouTube (31%).

Ever popular ETFs finished 2012 on a strong note.

Stock funds started the year with a bang.

If you want better new hires, improve interview process.

With the new office, the Ric Edelman-owned wealth management firm now has 32 offices in 13 states.

Russell is looking for a new director of defined contribution.

A meeting at the $79 billion Oregon Investment Council (OIC) last Wednesday resulted in two new investments, Jeff Sinks, communications director for the Oregon State Treasury, confirmed to Investment Management Mandate Pipeline, a sister publication to Money Management Executive.

While the number and size of RIA mergers and acquisitions stayed relatively constant last year, the players shifted sharply, according to a new report released Monday by Schwab Advisor Services.

Less than a week after announcing that it had nabbed a trio of Morgan Stanley advisors in Pennsylvania, Raymond James has added another Morgan Stanley team with more than $700,000 in production.