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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.

Well Fargo Private Bank in San Francisco has named Erik Davidson as chief investment officer.

An advisor joined BB&T Scott & Stringfellow to become the firm's latest wirehouse recruit.

With nearly 16,000 firms managing $2.4 trillion in assets, Cerulli predicts the RIA industry will capture 28% of retail investor assets by 2018.

Raymond James & Associates lured away a wirehouse team with $116 million in AUM.

The wirehouse named former football pro and advisor William Thomas to head the firm's San Francisco complex.

RCS Executive Chairman Nicholas Schorsch and two other top executives resigned from American Realty Capital Properties.

A Wells Fargo team left the wirehouse to join Raymond James & Associates.

An advisor managing $181 million in assets left Morgan Stanley for the Swiss firm.

Lebenthal picked up an RIA that oversees $250 million in assets, as well as a team of two advisors in New York.

Mega teams spend months, sometimes years, in the effort to find a new home and transition their oversized books.

Mark Evans will provide investment advice to clients of Ascent Private Capital Management. He is the second managing director of investments to join Ascent's Minneapolis office.

Raymond James & Associates recruited an advisor managing more than $191 million in assets from regional rival Stifel.

The wirehouse brought over five advisors from UBS and Citi Personal Wealth Management.