Economy

LPL advisor Kashif Ahmed tweeted his condition from the emergency room then focused on recovering, knowing his firm could run without him.

The team is staffing a new office in California for the boutique wealth manager.

A planner's casual query about his workspace prompted a rousing discussion in an online chatroom. The conclusions that emerged suggest a reimagined physical and virtual space for planners to meet clients.

The wirehouse, which has reduced recruiting efforts, enticed the team over from AllianceBernstein.

The advisors had logged seven years at their former wirehouse.

One defecting advisor says she was lured by better technology and because at her new employer, “It’s about the people and not just the numbers.”

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The firm’s diminished ranks are a sign of huge changes in the wirehouse world since the financial crisis ended.

The firm's offerings will include a discount self-directed investing service, a team-based “virtual” advisory business and full-service financial advisors.

“We didn’t need to physically travel to see that RBC was the ideal place to move our practice,” ex-UBS advisor says.