Merrill Lynch

Collectively, this year’s mega movers managed more than $23 billion in client assets.

The group of industry veterans had $1.7 million in annual production, according to the regional BD.

From regulators to technology providers to CEOs, these are the players who will remake wealth management in 2017.

The regional firm's new hires generated $2.2 million in annual revenues, according to RBC.

Exclusive: The regional firm picked up two groups of recruits from Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch.

The model for financial advice "is primed and ready for change," says Cetera CEO Robert Moore.

Further shifts in broker pay could be possible as the industry moves to comply with the fiduciary rule and the Department of Labor issues new guidance.

Stephens recruited an executive with more than 30 years experience, whose career includes stops at Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers, PaineWebber and Merrill Lynch.

Though against the firm's policy, the wirehouse still permitted the purchase of securities with credit lines "on thousands of occasions" during a four-year period, according to the regulator.

The team's three advisers all worked at the wirehouse for more than two decades.

Industry firms taking a similar approach can clarify confusion for clients and stem attrition among adviser ranks.

Keith Banks, president of U.S. Trust, is getting new responsibilities at the firm.

The planners left J.P. Morgan, UBS and Merrill Lynch to go into business for themselves.

The adviser joins the regional BD during a push to grow the firm.

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The group's leader comes with 26 years of industry experience.

Clients appreciate the depth of expertise that a practice can provide.

The firm is going for a middle-of-the-road approach that includes fee-based retirement accounts and which also relies on the best interest contract exemption with certain clients, says CEO Ron Kruszewski.

Try this low-key approach with clients for maximum success.