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The wirehouse has been hemorrhaging talent over the last few months.

The new hires include a rare independent-to-employee career move.

The OSJ spans dozens of advisors, and it marks at least the ninth major exit following a change in policies at the No. 1 IBD.

The partners opened their RIA under consultation with a firm founded by former HighTower executives last year.

The move by the multi-generational practice stemmed from LPL’s self-clearing capabilities, one of the advisors says.

Both the regional BD and RIA have benefited from an exodus of wirehouse talent.

Mutual Securities has added five new affiliated practices this year to grow to 26 teams with more than $1.5 billion in AUM on its corporate RIA.

The cuts are said to range across several businesses in the group.

The founding partners spent a combined 54 years with the No. 6 IBD before launching the fee-only firm.

The former MetLife advisors had affiliated with three different IBDs over four years amid the increasing consolidation in the space.

The advisors decided to join the firm following a meeting with Raymond James' leadership in St. Petersburg.

Soon after shuffling C-suite, the independent broker-dealer brings on nine advisors while it continues hunt for a new CFO.

Merrill Lynch’s head count isn’t suffering, but some regional BDs have grown by thousands in the past five years.

Planners have been leaving bank-backed firms in droves in search of what they say is greater freedom and flexibility.

The firm’s most recent hires are 2 advisors overseeing more than $550 million in client assets.

The Advisor Group IBD acquired Capital One’s in-branch brokerage unit last month, but it hasn’t stepped away from traditional recruiting either.

FINRA released internal data in the regulator’s first-ever such report, highlighting changes in the wealth management space.

Two wirehouse veterans are the latest to join a fast growing independent firm.

The boutique wealth manager has been aggressively courting top brokers.

The regional BD's three hires come from Wells Fargo and Ameriprise.