RBC

The group includes several industry veterans, one of whom has 50 years of industry experience.

Kelly Coffey will succeed Russell Goldsmith as CEO of City National, a Los Angeles-based unit of RBC.

The regional BD has added three new advisor teams to its ranks, as well as a head of equity and institutional middle markets.

Being an independent advisor isn’t for everyone.

The regional broker-dealer’s head count jumped up to 1,824 in the third quarter.

This is the first move of Joseph Chu’s financial career, but it’s not the wirehouse’s first big loss this year.

The firm’s most recent hires are 2 advisors overseeing more than $550 million in client assets.

The firm is looking beyond aggressive recruiting efforts that have netted 73 new advisors year-to-date.

The regional firm has opened five new branches and hired at least 73 advisors year-to-date.

Six of the top 10 advisor recruits — managing roughly $13.2 billion in client assets — have walked out of the wirehouse so far this year.