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The firm lost 94 existing advisors, but recruited 79 new ones in the first quarter. Here are six of its new additions.

“There aren’t many combination opportunities left, so about six or seven months ago we recommitted ourselves to recruiting and got more aggressive in recruiting,” says Michael Purpura, president of D.A. Davidson Wealth Management.

The latest moves bolster the firm’s presence in the Northeast.

The wirehouse recently reported advisor headcount shrank by 258 advisors year-over-year.

Dennis Zank will continue to be affiliated with Raymond James as a financial advisor.

The firm also opened a new office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Known for his “safe and cheap” investing mantra, he distinguished his style from that of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, the fathers of value investing.

The executive will lead PNC’s wealth business beginning in June.

The wirehouse exodus continues, as a team of Wells Fargo advisors jumps ship for the independent firm.

Timothy Scheve will complete the term of John Thiel, the former head of Merrill Lynch, who left FINRA's board earlier this year.

Tom Thives, a 34-year industry veteran, will head up the firm’s offices in New Jersey.

One of the biggest notable losses came from Merrill Lynch, which lost a team managing $1 billion to the independent space.

The advisor, a former employee, has been soliciting more than two dozen clients at the bank, JPMorgan says.

Bill Hamm’s Independent Financial Partners has grown more than fivefold in 10 years with the No. 1 IBD.

Like other broker-dealers, the firm is far from achieving a ratio of 50/50 men-and-women planners.

The firm was defined by a culture of “no, no, no,” a top headhunter says as part of On Wall Street’s annual recruiters roundtable.

The $263 million practice’s new IBD reported record recruiting for 2017, helped in part by the movement of advisors following LPL’s massive acquisition.

The new hires say they were drawn to the firm’s investment platform, product offerings and investment diversification.

The Advisor Group IBD added three new teams, but state regulators required enhanced oversight of one new recruit.

The newly independent advisors added a new team and are looking to bring on more practices.