Raymond James Financial

An uptick in retirements dampened the firm’s efforts to expand its brokerage ranks.

In a surprise move, Liz Nesvold sells investment bank Silver Lane Advisors to Raymond James Financial.

An analyst expects “solid” recruiting figures for the fourth quarter after the No. 1 IBD added the five-advisor group plus an ex-Raymond James bank program.

Advisors report what they love — and hate — about tech at companies holding client assets.

The regional brokerage isn’t slowing down its recruiting efforts.

The advisors joined the firm’s employee and independent broker-dealer units.

The following 17 teams oversaw about $75 billion in assets. The firms ending the year with prize recruits include a diverse cast: regional BDs, wirehouses, boutiques and RIAs.

The top advisor this year, James Hare from Pinnacle Bank and Raymond James, views himself as the Warren Buffett of Nashville.

Here we conclude the fourth and final segment of the Top 100 Bank Advisors. You can see all the other rankings (1-75) in our corresponding slideshows.

Here we present the third segment of the Top 100 Bank Advisors. You can see the top 50, as well as those who ranked 76-100, in our corresponding slideshows.