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UBS AG is a better bet than its Zurich neighbor Credit Suisse Group AG even though it’s more exposed to legal risks, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts.

Sterne Agee Group's former chief executive officer faces a U.S. probe into whether he misused company assets such as airplanes, boats, hunting clubs and condominiums, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

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U.S. authorities in Puerto Rico are investigating allegations that a former UBS AG broker improperly advised clients to borrow money to make investments, a person briefed on the probe said.

Two former RBC advisors managing about $230 million in combined assets jumped to Baird.

A trio of former Raymond James advisors has moved to Stifel, Nicolaus, the traditional employee broker-dealer of Stifel Financial.

Wells Fargo poached four advisors managing more than $450 million in client assets from rivals UBS and Morgan Stanley.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has enticed a former BlackRock managing director out of retirement to head its affluent segment and strategy.

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A UBS advisor team managing $430 million in assets has left the wirehouse to join regional broker-dealer First Kentucky Securities.

Lebenthal & Co. said it will exit the municipal public finance underwriting and institutional sales business and shift those resources to its wealth management division.

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FINRA fined Merrill Lynch $8 million and ordered the firm to repay $24.4 million to retirement accounts and charities for allegedly overcharging for mutual fund fees.

A former UBS Advisor with more than $130 million in assets and $1.2 million in annual production made a move to RBC Wealth Management-U.S.

UBS, Switzerland's biggest bank, leapfrogged Morgan Stanley and Bank of America to become the world's largest wealth manager by client assets, according to a ranking compiled by PAM Insight SA.

RBC Wealth Management-U.S. has recruited a former Morgan Stanley executive director to help with the firm's growth plans.

U.S. Capital Advisors, a small regional firm in Texas, has recruited five former UBS and J.P. Morgan advisors who managed more than $500 million in combined client assets.

Morgan Stanley will boost profitability as it pays brokers a smaller cut of revenue and the firm’s commodities business earns better returns following sales of two units, CEO James Gorman said.

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