Recruiting

Raymond James also recruited from Charles Schwab, and LPL from Raymond James and Merrill

Citi wealth head Andy Sieg told employees that net new investment assets — which surged last year — are the division's "North Star."

The BNY company unveiled an expanded custodial agreement with a large wealth management client in the fourth quarter, as asset values boosted its results.

LPL also drew from Osaic again, RIA aggregators made some big M&A deals and Merrill rehired an executive who left to go to Citi more than six years ago.

The answer depends first and foremost on how much time financial advisors have for an emotionally and technically challenging process, experts said.

Nicholas Takahashi stood accused of taking confidential information when he left for Raymond James last summer. But a federal judge said she saw no convincing evidence of illicit dealings.

On Monday, Marc Turansky began as head of investment advisory, a newly created role at Citi, which continues its quest to become the largest wealth manager in the world.

Robert Daly was part of a star team that left Morgan Stanley in 2023 to join First Republic and has since been barred from the industry.

Focus Financial Partners also merges two of its RIAs and Captrust buys up two practices together managing nearly $2 billion.

More than five dozen stories from the past year reflect an era of building controversy and pushback amid ongoing efforts to remove barriers and promote careers.