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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.

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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.

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The advisers had about $1.5 million in annual revenues when they were at the wirehouse, according to the regional firm.

CEO Paul Reilly will take over for Tom James, who helped grow the firm into a major industry player.

The regional firm picks up a recruit whose career in financial services began 25 years ago.

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

The recruits switched over to the independent channel of the regional firm.

The team leader is an industry veteran who spent 23 years at Wells Fargo and its predecessor A.G. Edwards.

The regional firm recruited its first adviser for Alex. Brown since acquiring the unit in September, and will reopen an old office in Annapolis, Maryland.

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