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Which banks are advisers moving to? 15 recently jumped to BNY Mellon, U.S. Bank and M&T Bank from myriad financial institutions.

The changes are the first under David Kowach, who became president of the wirehouse's traditional employee broker-dealer late last year.

Scott Fleming, the former head of the firm's Rocky Mountain region, now oversees nearly 150 sales professionals across the U.S.

An internal memo informs the firm's 15,000 advisers about the move, which builds on management changes made earlier this year.

Plus: A Morgan Stanley grab totals $410 milllion in combined AUM and more than 30 other job changes.

The new exec will advise wealthy individuals and families on tax and estate planning, investing, private banking, financial reporting and fiduciary services.

The planner, joining from Robertson Stephens, also has worked for UBS and Merrill Lynch.

The new recruit, who started with the wirehouse's predecessor firm Smith Barney, has been in the industry since the late 1990s.

The executive suite transition has been years in the making.

One of the recruits has more than two decades of experience.

The group is led by a veteran adviser who started her career in the late 1980s.

The recruit leaves a team led by a past On Wall Street Top 40 Under 40 adviser.

Adviser Zaneilia Harris seeks out clients who resemble a former version of herself — young, single, African-American women struggling to make wise choices — and keeps them by structuring compensation in an atypical way.

The recruit oversaw $110 million in client assets while working for the wirehouse, according to the regional firm.

The new recruits previously generated $1.5 million in annual revenue at UBS, according to the regional brokerage firm.

Karen Wimbish will lead teams responsible for investment and banking product offerings as well as planning platforms and product technology across all client segments.

Both recruits have more than two decades of experience.

The biggest advisers to go it alone this year managed over $13 billion in client assets.

The bank hired its first chief investment officer seven months after recruiting the former leader of a family office to a new post as national head of investments.

The new hires opened two offices for the regional BD.