Merrill Lynch

The firm’s largest investors have already been in talks about strategic options, according to people familiar with the matter.

The firm agreed to settle and admitted wrongdoing, according to the regulator.

The regional firm keeps growing after joining the Broker Protocol in March.

One JPMorgan client thought it was “odd and weird” that the advisor called during the Memorial Day holiday, on behalf of Merrill Lynch.

The move is an early indication of how firms may react to the demise of the Labor Department regulation.

The wirehouse's traders and salespersons misled and overcharged clients with regard to the securities, the regulator charges.

J.P. Morgan hired 160 brokers last fiscal year, and it’s not slowing down in 2018.

Wirehouses have made some recruiting mistakes in recent years. Meanwhile some aspects of corporate strategy are being done right in certain pockets of the industry. Danny Sarch offers his insight as we continue the dialogue from our Recruiters Roundtable.

If wirehouses decided to adopt a salary-plus-bonus compensation model, how would they do it?

Advisors say they are becoming more dissatisfied with the way wirehouses are managed.

Having already recruited 32 brokers in the first quarter, Janney Montgomery Scott is now adding a few more advisors to its ranks.

Attending to clients' non-financial needs helped propel Merrill Lynch advisor Dane Runia to No. 1 on the Top 40 Under 40 ranking.

The group is the latest in a long string of wirehouse departures.

Nicole Christians joined Merrill Lynch as an intern and never looked back.

How can the industry find organic growth again? And where will the next generation of advisors come from? Bill Willis tackles both challenges, and discusses how they will affect compensation, as we elaborate on the issues discussed at our Recruiters Roundtable.

The trickle of brokers leaving wirehouses for greater independence is quietly becoming a flood.

A chance encounter in an elevator set Merrill Lynch advisor Adam Rosenfeld on a new path.

Wells Fargo was among biggest losers as advisors jumped to other firms.

Selling printer cartridges at age 16, Umesh Trikha took home more than just a paycheck.

J.D. Power broke down self-directed investors into two categories for the first time, making the results especially instructive for advisors.