Merrill Lynch

Brokerages have broken ranks in recent weeks over whether to facilitate clients’ bets on bitcoin amid widespread concern that it’s a bubble or that the cryptocurrency’s price is potentially susceptible to manipulation.

Wells Fargo, Merrill Lynch, UBS and Morgan Stanley all lost talent in 2017.

The group, which oversaw approximately $300 million in client assets, joined the firm's independent broker-dealer.

The firm has been driving its expansion, pulling in talent from its competition.

Concerned about the wirehouse's "trajectory," Glen D. Smith sought out a business model his kids could join one day.

Stifel says the fact that it owns a bank — instead of being owned by one — is a big appeal in recruiting.

Nearly two dozen mega teams switched employers, but few went to a wirehouse.

Morgan Stanley and UBS's exit from the accord spurred a number of advisors to move up their planned career changes.

The brokerage says its Access Investing service is now available to clients with at least $5,000 to invest.

The firm's move shakes up the recruiting landscape yet again.

The moves occurred in the days before the firm's planned exit from the Broker Protocol.

The regional firm pulled its latest hires from Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch.

Morgan Stanley alone lost 11 teams managing about $7 billion after its abrupt exit from the protocol pact, according to recent hiring announcements.

The firm has cast a wide recruitment net, luring practices large and small.

While it was driven by the big firms’ desire to avoid litigation costs, there was a catalyst, without which I believe there would have been no pact.

The duo is part of an ongoing exodus of wirehouse advisors to smaller regional firms and independent brokerages

Though the wirehouse has reduced recruiting efforts, it continues to attract big producers.

The firm is rewarding advisors with new rewards for growth – and cutting pay for those who don't hit certain hurdles.

The wirehouses have lost teams overseeing more than $12 billion in client assets over the past month, according to recent hiring announcements.

The regional firm's new Palos Verdes, California, branch furthers its expansion in the region.