Recruiting

The firm has a particular focus on female clients and empowering women to better control their finances.

The firm has its origins as a family office founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1882.

Several of the firm’s new hires are industry veterans with more than 30 years of industry experience.

Richard Fuld's Matrix Private Capital Group has both asset and wealth management operations.

The win follows a first-quarter report showing it grew its ranks 3.4% over the prior year.

The regional BD has approximately 1,800 advisors.

The advisors are the latest in a string to jump from a wirehouse to a regional BD.

The IBD network has an inside edge for ensuring advisors are ready if equities suffer a sustained fall, according to its president, Adam Antoniades.

The pickup adds to the platform service provider’s hot streak.

Advisors from rivals Merrill and Wells Fargo will join the firm. “Our recruiting pipeline is robust," an executive says.

The five advisors with $180 million in AUM opted to bolt for the firm launched by a practice once affiliated with Triad Advisors.

Advisor Group unveiled the prize-winning speech on the topic — along with eight new recruits to its IBDs — at its annual W Forum.

The RIA practice with $575 million in AUM joined four teams of similar size who have signed on in the past year.

Under a FINRA proposal, firms with histories of misconduct would be required to set aside funds for anticipated arbitration awards.

Two factors are prompting an upsurge in career changes.

The list includes the biggest wirehouse breakaway team in the past five years.

Fewer than half of advisors are happy at their current workplaces.

In a bid to further enhance its capabilities for advisors, the firm is also slashing ETF transaction fees on select funds later this year.

The new recruits signed on with the firm’s independent and employee broker-dealer units.

Evolution Financial Advisors has grown to 86 advisors with $2.6 billion in client assets under Securities America.