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Morgan Stanley landed an advisor team managing $1.1 billion in assets.

Linda Fienberg, the head of FINRA's contentious dispute resolution division, will step down from the organization at the end of November.

Regional broker-dealer Janney Montgomery Scott recruited an advisor who managed $115 million in assets and generated about $1.3 million in annual revenue.

Scottrade is making a big bet that there is room in the booming RIA custodial market for another major player to compete against Charles Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade and Pershing.

HighTower recruited a Merrill Lynch advisor team managing $440 million in assets.

Who will take over the practice when you retire?

Former-NFL football player-turned Merrill Lynch advisor Reggie Wilkes is helping players and their families manage wealth: "I felt there was a need for someone to support their efforts to overcome the cycle of financial failure."

A former Stifel advisor joins Janney Montgomery Scott's private client group.

A Wells Fargo advisor managing $115 million in assets has left the wirehouse for Raymond James & Associates.

Robert Benmosche, who is stepping down this weekend after five years as CEO of American International Group’s chief executive, said he learned in May that he had nine months to a year to live.

Raymond James recruited a former Merrill Lynch executive to head one its newest branch offices.

Firm switches to LPL to help it attract "overlooked" wirehouse advisors with $250,000 or more in revenues.

Regional firm Benjamin F. Edwards picked up a Wells Fargo advisor team.

HighTower has recruited newly formed 401(k) practice Fiduciary Plan Advisors to its network platform.

Deutsche Bank has hired two executives to oversee technology and operations.

Shane Hiller, who joined Umpqua a year ago to build the bank's high-net-worth business in San Francisco, rejoined his former employer as director and private banker.

A former Merrill Lynch advisor has joined Abbot Downing, a unit of Wells Fargo that serves ultra-wealthy clients.

HighTower recruited a Merrill Lynch advisor team managing $800 million in assets.

RBC Wealth Management-U.S. announced Friday that it has recruited Roger Rath from Janney Montgomery Scott as a senior vice president and financial advisor for its Annapolis, Md., office.

Described by authorities as a con man, an advisor with a troubled past is ordered to repay $4.2 million in restitution; will serve sentence in a medium-security prison.