Recruiting

Regional firms have been on a recruiting spree this year.

They're the latest mega group to join the boutique wealth manager.

The moves occurred in the days before the firm's planned exit from the Broker Protocol.

The wirehouse's advisor headcount, at 14,564 at the end of the third quarter, was down 3% year-over-year.

Brokers' top questions and concerns about the protocol's demise answered.

The No. 4 IBD has added 12 advisors with $2.1 billion in client assets since the acquisition.

The move occurred just days before UBS said it would exit the Broker Protocol.

A massive acquisition, the possible end of the Broker Protocol and other issues will shape the industry in 2018.

The regional firm pulled its latest hires from Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch.

The IBD's longtime head stepped down as part of a plan to remake the firm.

With two wirehouses out, questions arise as to whether Merrill Lynch will follow suit.

Morgan Stanley alone lost 11 teams managing about $7 billion after its abrupt exit from the protocol pact, according to recent hiring announcements.

The wirehouse advisors joined the firm's independent broker-dealer.

When it comes to planning, hitting financial goals is only part of the story.

"Real diversity and inclusion is when we achieve gender parity and adequate representation of ethnic backgrounds," says Monica Giuseffi, principal of financial advisor inclusion and diversity at the firm.

The firm has cast a wide recruitment net, luring practices large and small.

At least 274 advisors with $11.5 billion in client assets have left the fold since the acquisition.

While it was driven by the big firms’ desire to avoid litigation costs, there was a catalyst, without which I believe there would have been no pact.

The group is the second team to join the Tucson branch in two weeks.

At least 270 advisors with $11.1 billion in client assets have left NPH firms since the acquisition.