Recruiting

The advisor is asking a judge to reconsider the order, saying he wasn’t given a chance to defend himself against accusations of violating a non-solicitation agreement.

One of the largest professional designation and training schools launched a program to award free tuition to at least 25 students in the next year.

The hires hail from Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

The new hires were previously at Merrill Lynch, UBS, and BB&T.

With higher compensation offers and a track record of independence, the No. 1 IBD is “challenging the status quo,” its head recruiter says.

Here’s what leaders around the world say must be done.

The firm’s growth plans come as the industry experiences a new wave of consolidation among custodians and fintechs.

The No. 1 IBD revealed new details of its W-2 affiliation after it followed rivals into the employee channel with an acquisition it made last year.

“We basically had clients demanding that we find a new home,” after Wells Fargo failed to secure PPP loans for them, an advisor says.

The St. Louis-based firm claims its rival “instructs incoming recruits to compile client information from their former firm” as a matter of course.