UBS

James Van Steenhuyse will oversee the firm's planned growth in the region.

“They aren’t investing like they should and they have really tepid projections for future stock market returns,” advisor Austin Colby says.

“For progress, we need to make people just the right amount of uncomfortable," says Erika Karp of Cornerstone Capital Group.

It's a sign the firm is still selectively hiring despite leaving the Broker Protocol last year.

After both firms exited the Broker Protocol, their attempts to browbeat advisors have largely failed, one recruiter argues.

Rival firms like Ameriprise could stand to gain as advisors adapt to new recruiting realities.

The firm is the latest to adopt new technologies into the client-advisor relationship.

Strengthened legal language recently added to bonus agreements will be removed, according to people familiar with the matter.

The move could help the firm block former advisors from contacting clients.

Thanks to differentiated bets on stocks, equity mutual funds beat benchmarks across the board.