Stifel Financial

David Safarian is the latest wirehouse advisor to join the regional broker-dealer.

"This is a window for these regional firms to really explode," says Rob Blevins, a recruiter in Dublin, Ohio.

The regional firm's new hires joined from FSC Securities, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

Regional brokerages and firms that assist breakaway advisors have been picking off top talent at the wirehouses.

The new European Union rules were discussed on 50 earnings calls since BlackRock reported results on July 17, up from 17 mentions in May and June.

Three quarters of the firm’s 57 new recruits have come from the largest firms.

The three-adviser group joins the regional firm from Oppenheimer & Co.

The new hires are the latest recruits to join the regional firm.

Smaller brokerages are benefiting in big ways from cutbacks at three of the four largest firms.

Let's have a robust discussion about how to improve outcomes for clients, but let's stop inventing bogus reasons why we shouldn't look after their best interests.