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Former chief executive Paul Purcell will stay on as chairman of Baird.

Scott Bessent, who oversaw George Soros’s $30 billion fortune for the last four years, will be managing $4.5 billion by the end of the first quarter, one of the largest hedge fund startups ever.

The former wirehouse advisors make their move to the bank channel with SunTrust Private Wealth Management.

Here's what industry insiders and elite members of the Top 40 Under 40 say it takes to make it to the top.

On Wall Street unveils the biggest producers under age 40 at the super regional and regional broker-dealers.

See which advisors topped this year's list of the biggest producers under age 40.

See which advisors topped this year's list of the biggest producers under age 40.

The dispute reflects a growing strain on the protocol as many firms are moving to set stricter in-house rules.

Compensation, top producers, elite branch managers, investments trends -- it's all here in a roundup of the 10 most-viewed photo galleries from 2015.

The new recruit moved to the employee side of the regional broker-dealer.

Planners who remain in a position of control, whether employed at the wirehouses or regional broker-dealers, or operating as independents, can maintain client loyalty in troubled times, says recruiter Mark Elzweig.

Raymond James' Judson Potter says he learned a lot about perseverance by watching his mother go through medical school.

Vineer Bhansali is leaving Pimco, where he was a managing director specializing in quantitative portfolios, to start his own investment firm.

Anthony Percora, a former SEC attorney, will develop all policies and procedures related to the firm's compliance program.

A former wirehouse advisor has been building a new firm from the ground up.

The fast-growing financial firm acquired an RIA and pulled over a wirehouse team.

More than two dozen teams managing $1 billion or more in client assets switched firms this year. See where they landed.

The new recruits moved over to the independent side of the wirehouse.

After losing dozens of advisors who managed billions in client assets to UBS, scorned Credit Suisse strikes back with legal challenge.

A father and son along with their team leave the independent broker-dealer to join the employee side at Ameriprise.