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The BAM Alliance, a community of more than 140 independent wealth management firms across the U.S., has added nationally-known financial author and blogger Tim Mauer as its director of personal finance.

Focus has assisted in a series of high-profile moves, Convergent pulled a director from Evercore and LPL and Commonwealth swapped firms. Here's a roundup of some of the most recent advisor moves in the independent channel.

Steward Partners Global Advisory has added Hy Saporta, a former Citigroup executive, as chief operating officer, managing director and founding partner to help the firm gear up for growth.

Retiree-focused Cherrington Brotsky left Morgan Stanley to join broker-dealer FSC, a member of Advisor Group.

American College of Financial Services taps a Wells Fargo Advisors executive as chairwoman of its board of trustees.

The path from administrative assistant to bank advisor is just part of Annette Martin’s story. Here, we offer more on her shift to fee business, including when not to do it.

Seeing people come up short with the money needed for a retirement home was sad for one administrative assistant. In her new career she helps such people and produces more than $1 million a year doing it.

With FINRA likely to impose some kind of compensation disclosure rule this year, advisors need to think about how best to explain how they get paid to their clients.

Pimco named four deputy chief investment officers in an overhaul of its leadership team after Mohamed El-Erian's decision last week to step down as chief executive officer.

A UBS team of advisors with a billion dollars under management has left the Swiss bank to form IFM Capital Advisors, an independent registered investment advisor, with the aid of Focus Financial Partners.

Raymond James & Associates' branch manager of the year has grown his complex's annual revenue to $32 million from $4 million and boosted client assets to $5 billion.

UBS has added a team of six former Morgan Stanley advisors to its office in Atlanta.

The firm is expanding its operations, pulling talent from RBC Wealth Management and Wells Fargo Advisors.

Fidelity Investments said Ronald P. O'Hanley, the firm's head of asset management since 2010, will leave at the end of February, without giving a reason.

Dynasty Financial Partners has hired Ronald Sallet as senior vice president of network development, making good on its promise to boost business development in 2014.

Mohamed El-Erian resigned as head of bond-fund manager Pimco and will be replaced by Douglas Hodge.

Beirne Wealth Consulting, one of the nation's fastest growing fee-only RIA firms, has picked up a team of financial advisors from Morgan Stanley.

The Foundation for Financial Planning has named four new members to its board of trustees.

Edelman Financial Group announced Thursday that Tiburon Strategic Advisors managing partner Charles "Chip" Roame has been added to its board of directors.

The firm hired sales directors and other professionals in Chicago, Las Vegas, Boston and Madison, N.J., and opened an office in San Diego.