Raymond James Financial

The independent firm affiliated with Raymond James recruited six advisers for a new branch office.

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A close look at how the regional BD wooed over recruits and how it hopes to benefit from its revival of an iconic brand.

Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and the other wirehouses gained and lost several standout recruits.

The new recruit generated $850,000 in annual revenue, according to the regional BD.

Planners will have control over the service, which will not be available directly to clients, according to the firm.

The firm is preparing for the fiduciary rule and contesting a lawsuit alleging that Raymond James allowed a $350 million fraud to be perpetuated.

The firm's latest hire had spent 17 years at Raymond James and its predecessor firm, Morgan Keegan.

The new recruit joins the regional BD from Hilliard Lyons.

A husband and wife alleged they were advised to cash out nearly $1 million of their pension money for risky investments, according to their lawyer in FINRA arbitration.

Plus: A Morgan Stanley grab totals $410 milllion in combined AUM and more than 30 other job changes.

The new recruit, who started with the wirehouse's predecessor firm Smith Barney, has been in the industry since the late 1990s.

One of the recruits has more than two decades of experience.

The group is led by a veteran adviser who started her career in the late 1980s.

The recruit oversaw $110 million in client assets while working for the wirehouse, according to the regional firm.

The biggest advisers to go it alone this year managed over $13 billion in client assets.

The fast-growing firm has recruited 25 advisers this year, and is affiliated with Raymond James.

"I lose years of my life. They can settle, write a check and move on," says an adviser whose book of business dropped by $40 million after he alleges he was wrongfully terminated.