Recruiting

With RIAs increasingly identifying succession planning as a business imperative, here's how financial advisors and firms are investing in the future.

The mammoth coup far outpaces other recruiting deals of recent memory.

More than a third of financial advisors will retire in the next decade in a profession in which nearly 3 out of 4 rookies fail to make the grade, creating a headcount problem for the industry.

The federal banking regulator agrees that the former employees' claims against the failed regional bank don't belong in FINRA arbitration.

Financial advisors Jeff Breese and Brent Mekosh merged their practices as part of the move from the hybrid RIA's former brokerage firm.

An M&A deal brings a fourth office location to the ambitious firm launched in 2019 by Jason Ray and Chelsea Ransom-Cooper.

Citizens has been on a recruiting and acquisition tear in recent years. Tom Metzger, the recently appointed head of the bank's private wealth unit, says it's just the beginning.

The merger "will fundamentally transform the RIA ecosystem," tru CEO Craig Stuvland says.

Higher expenses from the record headcount of financial advisors and a continuous stream of recruits and acquisitions are investing in the firm's future earnings, though.

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors will accelerate its plan to reach $50 billion in client assets by 2027 by acquiring a Cleveland-based enterprise with 21 advisors.

After a mixed quarter for the firm's wealth unit, CEO Ron Kruszewski predicted that the Fed may cut rates zero or just once or even hike them in 2024.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups contend the Federal Trade Commission has exceeded its authority in nullifying contracts that prohibit employees from switching jobs to competitors.

The number of experienced financial advisor recruits fell in the first quarter, but Ameriprise's overall headcount and its profits are on the rise.

Three advisory teams managing $10 billion in the San Francisco area are among an ongoing wave of departures from the biggest U.S. bank.

An industry recruiter said the Bank of America subsidiary has become almost "unhinged" with the amount of money it's willing to offer advisors it's recruiting.

The wealth program at Kinecta Federal Credit Union is changing brokerage, RIA and custodian as the industry fights for recruits of all sizes in the channel.

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The Bank of America wealth management subsidiary joins Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo in no longer divulging how many financial planners it has on the payroll.

An expungement lawyer contends firms have an incentive to tar the reputation of departing brokers in an attempt to retain assets under management.

Kinecta Wealth Management, the wealth arm of Kinecta Federal Credit Union, will switch firms by the end of the year.