Financial institutions

The broker-dealer has been scooping up talent from its rivals for months.

James Van Steenhuyse will oversee the firm's planned growth in the region.

The unit will provide specialized services for private banking, international and institutional clients."

From inappropriate touching to belittling comments, women advisors confront workplace environments that are far from welcoming.

It's a sign the firm is still selectively hiring despite leaving the Broker Protocol last year.

Religious groups threaten to withdraw shareholder proposal on the bank’s decision.

After both firms exited the Broker Protocol, their attempts to browbeat advisors have largely failed, one recruiter argues.

Rival firms like Ameriprise could stand to gain as advisors adapt to new recruiting realities.

The move comes at a bad time for the firm, which amid scandals and mounting regulatory scrutiny has lost more than 300 advisors in a year.

The firm’s hot recruiting streak forges ahead with another grab from a rival firm.

Chris Randazzo rejoins the firm’s former president, Gregory Fleming, at Rockefeller Capital.

The firm poached two advisors from its rivals as it expands its talent pool.

One recruiter says, "If I'm an advisor at Wells Fargo right now, I have to ask myself is this the firm I want to tie my future to?"

The beleaguered bank is reported to have been ordered by the Justice Department in late 2017 to conduct an independent investigation of the business.

Global banks including UBS and Barclays have been expanding teams that serve some of their richest clients.

‘The firm gives advisors the ability to choose who they do business with and doesn’t put limitations on minimum account size,’ one advisor says.

The wirehouse is charting a litigious course since breaking with the Broker Protocol, and some observers think the scorched-earth campaign could harm its reputation.

Of the 46 advisors newly appointed as managing directors at the firm, only three were women.

One recruiter argues the firm is losing talent because it will eventually exit the Broker Protocol.

At Merrill "it felt like we shifted away a little bit in recent years from the core focus of wealth management," advisor Matthew Spradlin explains.