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This is it, our signature ranking of the top financial advisers in the bank channel.

The recruit had $1 million in annual production before leaving the wirehouse.

A financial planner left the wirehouse for the independent channel at Wells Fargo.

Next week, we’ll unveil our annual Top 50 Bank Advisers online and in print. In the meantime, we’re proud to continue the Next 50.

The total number of advisors across the industry rose 1.1% in 2014, according to a report from Cerulli Associates. But the research firm warns they may fall again in years to come.

The group generated annual revenues of $3 million before making the move.

"Buyers are placing high strategic value on technology innovation," says David Selig, CEO of Advice Dynamics Partners.

The recruits collectively had $1.7 million in annual revenue before making the move.

Next week, we’ll unveil our annual Top 50 Bank Advisers online and in print. In the meantime, we’re proud to present our Next 50.

The investment bank lands a six-member group to run a custody and emerging-market bond business within its wealth management unit.

The wirehouse's three newest recruits come from Credit Suisse.

William Blair, a Chicago-based financial services firm, said it hired a 24-year industry veteran.

Create a "culture of inclusivity," drop old-world ways and give young planners a voice in your firm in order to recruit and keep them, two experts say.

Two advisors passed on an opportunity to join Wells Fargo, which recently inked a recruiting deal with Credit Suisse.

Founders are the biggest offenders when it comes to ignoring these procedures.

The wirehouse said it recruited the advisors from Credit Suisse.

Chris Mahoney, a longtime veteran of the wirehouse, says he loved his time there. But bureaucratic changes forced his nearly $3 billion practice to find a new home.

The wirehouse pulled over four teams from Credit Suisse.

The breakaway launched a multi-generational firm that includes the planner's three daughters.

Reflecting RCS' ongoing woes, the company made the Roth announcement in the fourth paragraph of a press release announcing disappointing third quarter earnings results.