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Stifel Nicolaus picked up a Baird advisor managing over $170 million in assets.

Wells Fargo Advisors picked up an advisor team with $300 million in client assets from Morgan Stanley.

A former United Bank & Trust wealth management team with more than $350 million in client assets is going independent with the help of Dynasty Financial Partners.

To meet rising client demand for digital services, Wells Fargo appointed Devon McConnell as its new head of Wells Fargo Advisors Digital to oversee development of the firm's mobile and online client platforms.

A former Morgan Stanley executive with 30 years of experience has signed on with Ziegler’s wealth management division as its new senior managing director.

The recently-launched Lebenthal Wealth Advisors has brought in its second large advisory practice with the addition of a $600 million team from BNY Mellon.

After working in a nuclear power station, David Fisher decided it was time for a change. His new calling? Financial advisor.

Raymond James has picked up a UBS advisor team that had annual fees and commissions of about $1.9 million.

Focus Financial Partners named Dan Sontag, a former president of Merrill Lynch's global wealth management unit, to its board of directors.

Wunderlich Securities picked up an advisor with $70 million in client assets from Raymond James & Associates.

It's a busy recruiting season for Wells Fargo, which announced that it has added four wirehouse advisors managing about $450 million in assets.

Securities America picks up a team with $120 million in client assets while a Focus partner firm brings in a wealth manager with $150 million in AUM. Here's a roundup of some of the most recent moves among independent financial advisors.

HighTower has expanded its West Coast market by picking up an independent team with $400 million in assets in Bellevue, Wash.

Deutsche Bank hired James Dilworth, chief executive officer of Allianz Global Investors Europe, to lead management of active assets.

Baird has appointed a director for its Houston market and has picked up another advisor with $350 million in client assets.

A veteran advisor has left Morgan Stanley for a Chicago-based boutique investment firm where he will oversee $300 million in client assets.

Securities America will acquire assets of a Missouri-based full-service broker-dealer with 368 advisors and $2.4 billion in client assets.

Raymond James has lured away two advisors managing $100 million in client assets from UBS.

Founders of IHT Management hope to create a wirehouse-like alternative to lure other advisors.

J.P. Morgan enticed advisors from competitors, including Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo, in a half dozen markets to fuel its nationwide expansion of wealth management.