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The firm’s principal says his team wanted to join the No. 1 IBD, which is testing larger recruiting offers.

Three advisors who left the firm years ago are returning to the regional broker-dealer.

Wealth Enhancement Group has nearly doubled its assets over a two-year period.

The firm aligned its brokerage business with Private Client Services following a big acquisition and a major executive hiring.

Advisor exodus from beleaguered firm shows no sign of abating in 2018

The former J.P. Morgan wealth executive will replace Don Heberle, who left his post at the end of March.

While a search is underway to replace Howard Plotkin, his duties are being handled by global Chief Compliance Officer David Lang.

The move marks the fifth new office added by the hybrid RIA this year.

The firm says it’s working to increase the number of women in leadership positions.

The smallest of UBS’s operating divisions is said to have eliminated at least 100 positions in areas including distribution over recent months.

J.P. Morgan hired 160 brokers last fiscal year, and it’s not slowing down in 2018.

The advisory firm left Securities America to make the move.

Michael O’Keeffe has been with the firm since 2013, having previously worked at Merrill Lynch.

At least seven firms with outside RIAs have left the No. 1 IBD since it announced a change in policies last November.

Hilliard Lyons, not traditionally known for big recruiting pushes, is expanding.

“It’s incredibly important to have diversity. Period,” says Kara Murphy.

Wells Fargo’s advisor headcount continues to fall in the second quarter.

The team joins a slew of others leaving the troubled bank, but says it’s running to SunTrust more than running away from Wells Fargo.

Advisors say they are becoming more dissatisfied with the way wirehouses are managed.

Alexandra Court had been promoted to global head of institutional distribution in 2016, a move accompanied by about two dozen job cuts in that division.