Financial institutions

James Simons, who founded Renaissance Technologies, hired Ashvin Chhabra to run his family office, leading to a shift in executive roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Holding special events and activities for clients can strengthen relationships with wealthy individuals in your business, as long as advisors keep within compliance.

Banking products and lending services helped boost the firm's bottom line even as advisor headcount continued to fall.

Will the trickle of advisors leaving Barclays for rival firms turn into a flood?

The advisor managed nearly half a billion dollars in client assets while at Barclays.

With the addition of the new recruits, Faubourg Private Wealth Advisors now has seven former J.P. Morgan advisors.

Two UBS advisors left the Swiss-owned wirehouse to rejoin Merrill Lynch.

Though the firm's revenue growth was tepid, the advisor ranks at the wirehouse expanded by 187 advisors, according to Bank of America which reported second quarter earnings for its wealth management unit.

Advisors failed to win FINRA arbitration case for compensatory damages in excess of $5 million for a number of grievances.

After announcing 11% growth in net income for the wirehouse's brokerage unit, Wells Fargo executives told analysts that they are thinking of launching a robo advisor.

Barclays lost another team, this time to Morgan Stanley, while its deal to sell its U.S. wealth management operations to Stifel is pending.

The wirehouse rolled out a new advertising campaign aiming to bolster its image in the eyes of clients as a goals-based wealth management firm.

Tash Elwyn, president of Raymond James & Associates, says recent recruiting milestones have "triggered a number of inquiries" from advisors thinking of making a move.

The moves represent another blow to Barclays, which lost five advisors in advance of a pending deal to sell its U.S. wealth management operations to Stifel.

The bank looked to one of its own to replace the current wealth management and insurance division head.

Two advisors go independent with Raymond James, looking to structure their practice without wirehouse limitations.

A recruit who worked with $658 million in client assets moves between the wirehouses.

Advisors aren't so happy this year, in particular due to changes in comp plans and subpar leadership, according to the new J.D. Power study.

A trio of advisors leaves the wirehouse for the independent channel at Raymond James.

Rival Edward Jones has grown and wants to keep on growing.