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      <title><![CDATA[ With no ownership prospects, bank advisors leave to form RIA ]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Stifel looks to give its CEO another big pay bump ]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Merrill beats ex-advisor in deferred comp-retirement case ]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:08:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Wells Fargo's indie channel pulls $2.1B team from UBS ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Touchstone Wealth Partners is the fourth team with more than $1 billion in client assets to join <a href="https://www.financial-planning.com/organization/wells-fargo">Wells Fargo's</a> FiNet unit this year.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Merrill underlines recruiting ambitions with $2.2B advisor pulled from JPMorgan ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The addition of Peter Laidlaw to Merrill's offices in San Francisco comes as firm executives aim to engage in "more aggressive recruiting."  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Growth, not 'lifestyle' — RIA leaves Commonwealth for Merit ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Gabe Lapito thinks many RIA owners who sell their businesses are looking for a big check to fund their retirement. But he and his partners, almost all in their 30s or early 40s, instead set their sights on adding new clients and assets.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:51:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ With new president, Rockefeller sets to redefine meaning of 'family office' ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Michael Outlaw, the recently named president of Rockefeller Global Family Office, says family offices are defined more by the services they offer than by their relationships with wealthy families.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:42:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ 654 departures: A look at the LPL-Commonwealth deal one year later ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The LPL–Commonwealth megadeal set off a two-sided scramble. As LPL fought to retain advisors and assets, rivals raced to poach both.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:13:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Elijah Nicholson-Messmer</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Ameriprise CEO gets big raise to cap record revenue year ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Ameriprise's proposal to raise CEO James Cracchiolo's total compensation by 8% would put him far ahead of many of his direct counterparts at regional firms.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:47:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ $1.25B AUM ex-First Republic team exits JPMorgan, joins Janney ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The Apollo Group, a six-person team in New York, is the latest to show that former First Republic advisors are still not completely settled at <a href="https://www.financial-planning.com/organization/jpmorgan-chase">JPMorgan</a>.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:31:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ LPL to triple CEO pay, but Steinmeier still trails peers ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ LPL's board proposed a huge boost to CEO Rich Steinmeier's compensation package following a year defined by the firm's acquisition of Commonwealth Financial Network.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:58:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Edward Jones CEO pay dips 3.5% after mixed year for firm ]]></title>
      <link>https://www.financial-planning.com/news/edward-jones-ceo-pay-dips-3-5-after-mixed-year-for-firm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Penny Pennington has presided over a wide-ranging overhaul that has seen forays into alternative assets and banking but also heightened rates of advisor departures.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:24:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ How Journey Strategic Wealth plans to stay independent under Hightower ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Journey Strategic Wealth President Penny Phillips said advisors who broke off from wirehouses and large brokerages are now returning to big firms. The winners will be partners who can welcome them without compromising their independence.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ NewEdge taps Ameriprise once more, recruits $1B team ]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Merrill loses $1B AUM team to Janney ]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:28:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Wells Fargo pulls $3.1B AUM team from JPMorgan ]]></title>
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