Economy

The former Southwest Securities team had overseen $225 million in assets at the time of their departure.

Three bank breakaways join two former colleagues who started the independent firm Standard Investment Advisors last year.

A former H. Beck advisor joins Securities America after 27 years with the firm to explore some of the industry's latest technological advances.

Advisors at banks and credit unions are younger and more of them are women than those at wirehouses and independent firms, giving them an edge in attracting women and millennials.

King Financial Network president says the team went private for better accessibility and technology.

The job offer from a commercial landscaper came "out of left field," says Dan Krems.

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Independent advisors are bucking the broader trend and going to work for wirehouses and regional firms, ditching managerial tasks for simplicity and payoff.

Advisors with 25 years of combined experience leave the wirehouse for the broker-dealer's private client group.

A team with more than 35 years of combined industry experience leaves the wirehouse for the regional broker-dealer.

Impressed by LPL's size and scale, Faubourg Private Wealth Advisors also liked the idea of working with super-OSJ Level Four for additional flexibility, the firms' investment models and multi-custodian platform.

Two veterans left the wirehouse this week for different firms, including Janney Montgomery Scott.

The firm said pretax profits for its global advisory business rose 24% from the year ago period.

Four advisors made the move between the wirehouses.

Two advisors left the wirehouse where they generated more than $1.1 million in annual revenues.

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An upcoming forum for regulators and industry professionals will discuss the SEC’s compliance oversight, cybersecurity, anti-money laundering, and approaches to supervision and sales practices.

There is an opportunity for the industry to learn from technology and get better, said Merrill Lynch Wealth Management head John Thiel.

Competitors from traditional and digital sectors of wealth management weighed in on the debate over industry disruption at the LinkedIn FinanceConnect conference in New York.

The regional broker-dealer landed a former business director from Lifetime Financial Growth, who also worked for Merrill Lynch and Lehman brothers.