Recruiting

The team has formed Samara Capital and joined platform tru Independence.

The group generated nearly $5 million in annual production while at the wirehouse, according to the regional firm.

The annual ranking of successful young planners.

Two advisers in the group are industry veterans who began their careers in the mid-1990s.

The two planners generated over $1 million in production, according to the regional firm.

A supply-demand mismatch in the adviser labor market will favor FAs who want to make a move.

Accommodating work arrangements are needed to attract and retain valuable talent, but they are underused in advisory offices.

A look at which wirehouse and regional firms have been the most successful in attracting top recruits – and how things may shape up this year.

A close look at how the regional BD wooed over recruits and how it hopes to benefit from its revival of an iconic brand.

Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and the other wirehouses gained and lost several standout recruits.

The advisers left Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley to form one team, the second addition in two weeks.

The new recruit generated $850,000 in annual revenue, according to the regional BD.

The new hire signed on to the regional broker-dealer during a recent wirehouse recruiting binge.

The firm also scooped up a market manager from Stifel.

The new recruit generated more than $1 million in annual revenues, according the regional firm.

The recruit generated $2 million in annual production, according to Merrill.

The wirehouse's new hires oversaw $466 million in client assets, according to a spokesman.

The new recruits joined the firm's independent and employee channels.

The adviser reversed course after Merrill Lynch unveiled plans to phase out commission-based retirement accounts as part of its plan to comply with the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule.

The firm's latest hire had spent 17 years at Raymond James and its predecessor firm, Morgan Keegan.