Merrill Lynch

The advisors agreed not to solicit clients and to return confidential information to the bank.

The firm announced last week that it would reinstate traditional brokerage for retirement accounts in October, giving new life to the conflicts it had eliminated.

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The policy had been under review after a federal appeals court vacated the fiduciary rule earlier this year.

The two advisors have already transferred about $160 million in client assets, according to their former employer.

The client relationship manager is now on a leave of absence, according to Merrill.

Merrill Lynch’s head count isn’t suffering, but some regional BDs have grown by thousands in the past five years.

The firm "deprived its clients of unbiased financial advice," the regulator says.

Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein remain prominent public figures, but many other crisis-era CEOs have kept low profiles over the past decade.

Jean McCrave Baxter claims colleagues made sexual jokes and she was denied advancement opportunities afforded to male co-workers.