The downgrade shows rising concern about CI's debt, much of it incurred to pay for acquisitions of U.S. registered investment advisory firms.

Tapping a relationship that was around 15 years strong, Sanctuary won a legacy Merrill Lynch team in the competitive market for independent advisors. Here's how it happened, Sanctuary president Vince Fertitta told FP.

The bank plans to lay off roughly 5% of staff in the second quarter, excluding financial advisors and support staff in the wealth management division.

Planner Pamela Perskie's advisory practice, which serves musicians, NBA players and real estate and private equity executives, left Mariner to start its own firm.

Advisors managing over around $2.5 billion of assets moved since the start of the week, joining employers such as UBS and Wells Fargo, as some doubt their prospects at the former First Republic under new owner JPMorgan Chase.

The banking giant's asset and wealth management arm boasts more than $4.3 trillion of client assets.

Although First Republic advisors appear relieved by the restoration of stability in coming under the megabank's umbrella, looming culture clashes could bring more attrition — from both the incoming advisors, and those they're joining.

The support firm for RIAs sees opportunities to position itself between buyers and sellers of firms.

The deal marks the second this year for the multi-family office, which picked up a new private equity infusion two months ago.

Level Four Group recruited a wealth program from its onetime brokerage as it made progress on its goal of doubling in size by 2025.

First Republic Bank was shuttered by regulators early Monday, and all its deposits and most of its assets were acquired by JPMorgan. San Francisco-based First Republic was undone by low-rate mortgages it made to its wealthy customers as well as by the fallout from last month's banking crisis.

Betsy Jo Merritt accused regional directors of undermining her succession plan and causing the loss of millions of dollars in damages.

The 12-person team's move was unsolicited and adds to what is now almost two dozen advisors who have migrated to the wirehouse from the struggling regional bank.

BMO's acquisition of Bank of the West is delivering the firm its seventh recruiting or M&A move of at least $1 billion in 2023.

The moves reflect a wild week of First Republic advisors rushing to firms including JPMC, Morgan Stanley and UBS following their employer's calamitous earnings call Monday.

The troubled lender could fail, get rescued by the nation's largest banks or muddle through as a zombie bank. Federal regulators and the big banks will have to decide which is the least bad option.

Despite a nearly flat advisor headcount, interest income and fees lifted the regional brokerage's results, and the wealth business still added $21.5 billion of net new assets.

The deal reflects the giant Canadian asset manager's altered approach to expanding in the U.S.

Despite an earnings miss, the regional wealth firm said it was well-positioned to grow and retain customer cash, and made a pitch for advisors at less stable firms to hop aboard.

Randall Kiefner's arrest on 21 counts comes amid an ongoing fight over payments from a previous FINRA arbitration award