Banking scandals are playing only a small role in advisor attrition, the firm says.

The dispute centered on the firm’s handling of Puerto Rican municipal bonds.

Firms are doubling down on efforts to boost the ranks of women advisors.

John and Cary Kortze opened Steward Partners' 16th branch office.

Advisor attrition is up at the beleaguered firm, but it doesn't have to be.

The fees affected hundreds of thousands of customers and the total cost could climb to more than $180 million, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

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.

The recruits oversaw more than $200 million in client assets.

Investors have been more skeptical of how much boost the tax cuts would provide to the economy this year, and the big banks’ second-quarter profits seem to suggest why.

Total broker head count dropped by 173 from the prior quarter, according to the wirehouse.

Collusion and corruption allegedly prevented Wells Fargo whistleblowers, and a former JPMorgan advisor, from obtaining justice.

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

The regulator barred an ex-Wells Fargo advisor for fooling the bank into reimbursing him for $3,400 after he falsely claimed that he was the victim of fraud.

The wirehouse has lost at least 123 advisors managing $15.7 billion in client assets year-to-date, according to other firms’ hiring announcements.

Industry changes and ongoing bank scandals have tilted the playing field in favor of smaller brokerages.

The No. 1 independent broker-dealer has grown beyond the wirehouses, but it added about 100 fewer advisors than expected from its major acquisition.

The move boosts the firm's expansion in the central U.S.

J.D. Power’s annual survey reveals the importance of leadership and culture, along with differences among male and female representatives.

Advisors recommended that clients sell positions in complex structured products to rack up fees, says the regulator.

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