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Wells Fargo's second quarter profits rose to $5.7 billion, buoyed in part by a roughly 25% increase in profits at the San Francisco bank's wealth, brokerage and retirement unit.

Raymond James & Associates lured away a UBS advisor team managing $575 million in assets.

Many independent advisors say they consider themselves fiduciaries, even if they aren’t legally obligated to adhere to that standard of care. So why are so many opposed to the DoL's expected proposal?

Deutsche Bank's asset and wealth management unit is in growth mode in the U.S., hiring a string of managers and advisors.

Dalton Strategic Investment Services, a smaller broker-dealer firm with almost $1 billion in client assets, has joined Securities America as a super-OSJ.

Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest lender, is relying on its money-management businesses to bolster growth, said Michele Faissola, the unit’s head.

With the acquisition of broker-dealer McAdams Wright Ragen complete, Baird has grown to more than 800 advisors and $125 billion in assets.

Morgan Stanley has lost a team that generated $3 million in annual revenue to Steward Partners Global Advisory, boosting the eight-month old independent firm's total recruited assets to more than $1 billion.

Thomson Reuters mid-year data shows that Morgan Stanley has jumped up underwriter ranks in the second quarter from the first quarter, managing a larger volume and increasing its market share.

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman wants to reduce advisor compensation relative to revenues, but experts warn that changing comp isn't without pitfalls.

As part of the FP50, Financial Planning tracks the percentage of reps producing more than $150,000. Many of the firms with the greatest number of top producers, it turns out, are smaller boutique firms.

Ameriprise enticed away a Morgan Stanley advisor who generated $1 million in annual revenue, according to a spokesman for the regional broker-dealer.

Two advisors managing more than $160 million in client assets have jumped from Merrill Lynch to Bison Financial Group, an independent practice of the Wells Fargo Financial Network.

Opponents argue that the long time horizon and heated controversy could convince the White House to back away from the retirement plan proposal.

Two UBS advisors managing more than $300 million in assets have joined Wells Fargo.

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UBS' Barry Ringelheim has seen enormous changes in the industry during his 46-year career as a financial advisor. But he says earning clients' trust remains the foundation of the business.

Despite declining numbers, defined-benefit plans are in vogue with small business owners and the advisors who serve them.

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OnWallStreet's annual ranking of the wealth management industry's top wirehouses and regional broker-dealers shows continued growth at these firms but they still face challenges growing their business. See which firms ranked highest and how the industry's leaders plan to stay on top.