Merrill Lynch

The advisers are industry veterans who joined the regional firm in two offices.

Eight advisers opened a new office for Merrill Lynch's Private Banking & Investment Group, which serves ultrawealthy clients.

The wirehouse, which is embracing the new regulation, is the first to unveil its strategy in depth.

The long-serving executive will step down Jan. 1.

“It will help them cope with some of the new burdens that the fiduciary requirement will impose on firms,” an industry analyst says.

Merrill Lynch's Stephen Stabile and others are using behavioral finance tools to make better plans for clients.

Plus, Merrill Lynch grabs UBS planners who managed $750 million in client assets.

The new recruit has been in the industry for nearly 3 decades.

The fine is the largest ever by the agency for violations of the market access rule.

Sabina McCarthy's career at the wirehouse has involved maintaining close relationships for the long haul.

The new recruits come from from Merrill Lynch, Cetera and SagePoint Financial.

Two are coming back to Mother Merrill, having worked there in the 1990s.

The boutique firm focuses on ultrahigh-net-worth entrepreneurs worldwide.

The recruit also previously worked for Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and RBC.

Plus, Wells Fargo hires a $700M team from J.P. Morgan Private Bank and helps a $587M Morgan Stanley team go independent.

A settlement with Bank of America covers 270 employees who were terminated following the wealth management firm's 2008 acquisition.

The regional brokerage is the latest to incur a penalty for failing to waive fees on Class A shares sold to eligible institutional clients.

The regional firm's new recruits have experience in designing corporate equity compensation plans.

Competing in his first triathlon helped John Pierce discover the direction he needed to succeed in wealth management.

The recruit joined a practice opened by a former complex director from the same wirehouse.