The company has its incentives, but here’s what could be waiting for advisors.

The regional brokerage isn’t slowing down its recruiting efforts.

The cost of Wells Fargo's scandals continues to rise as regulators from all 50 states forced the institution to pay hundreds of millions in penalties for the creation of fake accounts, improper enrollment in life insurance, force-placed auto insurance policies and other activities.

Tim Sloan is finishing a year in which the Federal Reserve told the bank to stop growing, scandals emerged in more divisions, and the stock tumbled 25%.

The firm has recruited 22% more advisors in 2018 than the year-ago period.

The wirehouse has experienced rapid growth in advisor productivity, executives say.

The firm has been looking to its wirehouse competitors for new hires throughout the year.

It’s the latest losses for the wirehouse, which has suffered from advisor attrition.

At the moment, there's no clear way to "turn over human intuition" to machine learning, but there are immediate ways to save advisors' time.

The firm will test markets in a few cities next year in a bid to keep pace with a shifting wealth management landscape.

The broker-dealer has also appointed a new northeastern regional director for its independent contractor division.

Ameriprise scores big in its latest round of recruiting.

The firm has seen a number of planners exit in recent months.

“They always want to have lines in place for if markets do turn down and they get capital calls on private investments,” says Jim Steiner.

Recently, higher interest rates and stock market volatility have undermined gains.

The regional BD continues to benefit from the ongoing stream departing the wirehouse.

The merged operation will be run by someone yet to be named who will report to Jon Weiss, head of wealth and investment management.

New COO is pitching firm’s name, platform — and capital.

The business could fetch as much as $1 billion, sources say.

Despite the IBD converting much of its technology, HD Vest's COO says the process has been less painful because its planners are supportive of the changes.