RBC

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.

These mega brokers managed $18 billion in assets at their previous firms.

Jim Senderling and John Robbie had been with Merrill Lynch for 27 and 25 years, respectively.

The firm's two new hires are the latest in aggressive recruiting efforts and joined from rivals RBC and Wells Fargo.

While Raymond James and Stifel are on hiring sprees, Wells Fargo is still losing talent.

While a search is underway to replace Howard Plotkin, his duties are being handled by global Chief Compliance Officer David Lang.

Nearly three-in-four advisors (73%) do not have a succession plan in place.

The wirehouse has lost a steady stream of brokers over the past year and a half.

Wirehouses have been seeing a decline in their advisor headcounts.

The wirehouse recently reported advisor headcount shrank by 258 advisors year-over-year.

Frustrated by the limitations of working at a bank-owned brokerage, advisors Randy and Matthew Price opted to join the independent firm in Houston.

The firm poached two advisors from its rivals as it expands its talent pool.

One recruiter argues the firm is losing talent because it will eventually exit the Broker Protocol.

This is the second time in recent weeks that the firm has poached talent from the wirehouse.

John Taft comes to the firm after a long career in wealth management. He will focus on developing advisor services and recruiting new teams.

The advisor was drawn to the regional BD’s small culture.

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