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A former BNY Mellon advisor that managed $850 million in client assets has formed an RIA affiliated with Raymond James' independent RIA channel.

The elite team left Merrill Lynch for Morgan's ultrawealthy consulting group. The mega move comes on the heels of the firm's data breach.

The son of a hedge fund founder was charged with murder after New York police said he staged the shooting death of his father to look like suicide.

The new recruits come from Morgan Stanley and UBS.

The fast-growing, private wealth management firm has partnered with a new team, TC Wealth Management.

What does it take to make the list? The industry's biggest young producers talk about their paths to success.

This year's top 40 advisors under the age of 40 show how youthful advisors can succeed at the highest levels.

In an effort to groom their top talent, some of the industry's biggest financial firms are offering training on how to look and sound like a powerful executive. But how do you tell Ivy League MBAs they need to work on their image?

The firm recruits a team with advisors from Wells Fargo and JP Morgan.

Three of the four formed a team with $218 million in assets under management.

The Bogart Group was previously with RBC Wealth Management-U.S., managing client assets of more than $600 million.

Ameriprise advisor Joe De Sena explains how getting involved in a charity changed his practice. "It's about making contributions to their lives in a way that has almost nothing to do with the money."

BlackRock, Macquarie Group and Millennium Capital Management former employees are planning a Hong Kong-based hedge fund which will use computer models to spot trading opportunities in 13 Asian stock markets.

The wirehouse recruited advisors from rivals Merrill Lynch and UBS.

Merrill's newest recruit managed more than $185 million in client assets while at UBS.

Janus shares surged 43% on Sept. 26, their biggest one-day gain ever, after it announced that Bill Gross would join the firm from Pimco. Hiring Gross was the boldest step yet in an almost five-year effort by Richard M. Weil to attract new money and change the public perception of Janus, a firm still known primarily for its growth-equity funds.

Margaret Towle was most recently a partner and managing director with HighTower Advisors. She's also editor-in-chief of The Journal of Investment Consulting.

The industry saw Bill Gross attracting $769 million to Janus, the global ETP market breaking an asset record, a prediction on how much of 401(k) contributions that target-date funds will capture by the end of the decade and a J.P. Morgan executive joining Wilton, Conn.,-based Commonfund as CEO.

Raymond James' independent broker dealer lured away two advisors producing $1.85 million from Morgan Stanley.

JPMorgan Chase’s asset-management unit promoted Robert Stark to head of strategic relationships, replacing Lee Beck, who left for BlackRock last month.