Economy

Why it may be time to stop calling the firm a wirehouse.

Robo advisers may have found the answer to a lingering problem for the financial industry: serving the mass-affluent in a profitable way.

A planner's lawsuit claims the bank improperly funneled $3 billion into its own target-date funds.

The regional firm picks up a recruit whose career in financial services began 25 years ago.

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A handy guide for advisers, legislators and regulators to decode the jargon used to talk about issues important to the planning profession.

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A FINRA panel ordered the wirehouse to pay damages to two former clients who invested in Puerto Rican municipal bonds and closed-end funds.

Fiduciary rule preparation and new technology lures Integrated Financial Partners.

The advisers joined the firm's independent and employee channels from rivals such as Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Cetera.

The team's three advisers all worked at the wirehouse for more than two decades.

The recruits switched over to the independent channel of the regional firm.

Edward "Ned" Johnson, 86, is retiring and will become chairman emeritus.

Keith Banks, president of U.S. Trust, is getting new responsibilities at the firm.

The regional firm recruited its first adviser for Alex. Brown since acquiring the unit in September, and will reopen an old office in Annapolis, Maryland.

The group, led by two brothers, joined the firm as partners and opened a new office for Noyes. It's now the firm's largest branch.

The wirehouse's moves are intended to remain competitive in the recruiting contest for top brokers.

The move limits the bank’s ability to make golden-parachute payments and requires regulator approval before executives are hired.