Recruiting

The regional firm has been a recruiting tear, picking up a number of ex-wirehouse teams.

The new hires join the fast-growing regional firm from Baird and J.P. Morgan Securities.

One advisor says the fiduciary rule prompted the latest wirehouse exit to an RIA.

The independent firm was founded by two former Merrill Lynch advisors in 2012.

Experts say firms that clear through Pershing have an advantage in the looming recruiting fight.

The firm and fellow regionals continue to take advantage of hiring cutbacks at wirehouses.

Three quarters of the firm’s 57 new recruits have come from the largest firms.

Which banks are advisors moving to? One recently jumped to Woodforest National Bank from Merrill Lynch. Eight others switched to Arvest Bank, Northern Trust, Union Bank, U.S. Bank and Wilmington Trust from myriad financial services firms.

The regional broker-dealer adds another team to its roster while wirehouses continue to scale back on recruiting.

The loss comes even as the firm has been acquiring new breakaway teams and RIAs.

With these latest additions, the regional firm furthers its Southeast expansion.

The move is HighTower's 22nd transaction this year ― making 2017 the firm's busiest year ever.

The three-adviser group joins the regional firm from Oppenheimer & Co.

The new hires are the latest recruits to join the regional firm.

Smaller brokerages are benefiting in big ways from cutbacks at three of the four largest firms.

The nation’s largest broker-dealer must convince thousands of NPH advisors to make the transition.

Phil Shaffer says changes in the business necessitated a career change if he was to maintain an edge in serving clients.

The new hire previously managed three UBS locations that generated $110 million annual revenue, according to the regional broker-dealer.

Securities America adds 10 advisors in the second recent poach by a Ladenburg Thalmann firm.

Two of the groups joined the regional firm from Morgan Stanley.