Content classifications

Two teams, including one that managed about $300 million at Wells Fargo, left their firms to join U.S. Capital Advisors.

The manager, who left Raymond James after only two years, also had logged in more than two decades at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.

The former broker turned consultant to planners was in financial straits, his wife told police.

The Bank of America unit that serves ultrawealthy clients picked up new recruits from Morgan Stanley and Hirtle Callaghan.

Janney Montgomery Scott hired six advisors, moving the firm closer to its goal of 50 new recruits this year.

Two recruits from Raymond James and Merrill Lynch made the move.

Raymond James lost another advisor to Wells Fargo’s IBD, while several Morgan Stanley advisors made the jump to independence.

The firm hired more than a dozen recruits, mostly from wirehouses.

The wirehouse lost a veteran advisor who generated $1.5 million in annual revenue.

Money can be a huge bone of contention in romantic relationships. Here’s how advisors can help client couples manage financial discord.

The departure comes two months after Deutsche Bank agreed to sell its U.S. Private Client Services unit to Raymond James.

Attracting and retaining the best people is just one of the vital roles played by HR, says LPL’s Sallie Larsen.

The advisors left Credit Suisse, passing on an offer to join rival firm Wells Fargo.

It was the first major executive shake-up at the wirehouse since President Greg Fleming quit.

The wirehouse is in the process of enticing over about three dozen Credit Suisse advisors who collectively generate more than $125 million in revenue, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Two veteran wirehouse advisors joined the independent firm Stratos Wealth Partners, an independent firm affiliated with LPL.

Michael Kitces, who helped launch XY Planning Network, says he wouldn't be surprised if the market evolved to include hundreds of similar groups of young planners serving young clients. "We have 200 advisors and there are 80 million millennials."

The nation's biggest brokerage firms took a beating last quarter.

You must keep a clean record because longevity and productivity no longer provide immunity from compliance problems, even for top talent, a leading recruiting expert says.

The brokerage firm, which has been hit with millions in regulatory fines in recent years, lost another 91 FAs.