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When Debra Wetherby started her investment advisory firm in 1990, she was 32, just married and had less than $50,000 of capital.

Merrill Lynch lost a group of advisors managing $535 million in assets to Raymond James & Associates.

2 advisor teams, Foran Financial Group and Sweatt & Walters, leave for Raymond James Financial Services.

Our Top 50 list isn't just a consideration of who has the highest assets under management. Instead, we strive to show the well-rounded advisors who excel in all aspects of the job.

We caught up with our No. 1 advisor from 10 years ago, Denise White, and talked about the twists and turns her career has taken.

Robert Shick, Baird branch manager, explains how a cancer diagnosis changed his life. "I have received so much more than I could ever give."

A Merrill Lynch advisor has left the wirehouse to join UBS Private Wealth Management.

Advisors from Morgan Stanley, with combined assets of more than $387 million, made the move to Merrill Lynch.

Advisors from Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo were elected to IMCA's board of directors.

Stifel Financial hired a new branch manager who previously worked for Merrill Lynch.

A Morgan Stanley branch manager left the wirehouse to join Raymond James & Associates and help with the firm's expansion plans.

A FINRA arbitration panel ordered an ex-Merrill Lynch advisor to pay his former employer more than $400,000 in damages.

The wirehouse said it scooped up two advisors from rivals Raymond James and J.P. Morgan.

Two advisors have left J.P. Morgan Private Bank to join Barclays' wealth management division in Palm Beach, Fla.

Raymond James & Associates lured away one advisor who generated $2 million in production.

RBC Wealth Management-U.S. grabbed a trio of financial advisors generating $1.8 million in annual revenue from Oppenheimer & Co.

Raymond James & Associates has recruited financial advisors from RBC and TD Ameritrade, including one with $100 million in AUM.

"There's not one thing [RCS] is not willing to look at," CEO Michael Weil said in response to a Wall Street analyst's question about breaking the company apart.

John Leto, former regional wealth leader for the firm's metro New York region, will lead the sales and support functions of TD Wealth Private Client Group.

Frank Campanale, CEO of Lebenthal Wealth Advisors and a former executive at Smith Barney, spells out the key elements in firm's growth plans and recruiting strategy: brand, equity stakes and passion.