Recruiting

As many firms struggle to retain younger advisors, here's what one firm is doing to solve for succession problems down the road.

Financial advisor Mark J. Dickman had filed his FINRA arbitration case against the firm and officials with Independent Advisor Alliance nearly four years ago.

In an interview, Chairman David Karr discussed the firm's financial advisor training and recruiting approach and embrace of "supported independence."

The hybrid RIA is "out of the woods" after completing its giant custodial and brokerage transition in recent months, CEO Nate Lenz tells FP.

J.D. Power's latest study used a different scaling method that brought down scores across the industry among 15 major firms examined in the firm's annual poll.

Citizens made waves with its hires of around 50 private banking staff from First Republic. The head of wealth management at Citizens shared what's next.

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CEO Jamie Price and other senior executives revealed the name of the firm that will be home to its current network of eight separate brokerages.

The additions allow the Rhode Island bank to expand its wealth management footprint along the East Coast and in San Francisco, where the recently shuttered First Republic was based.

The defections by Stewart Webb and Gerald Garner highlight a slew of recent recruiting moves, hirings and M&A deals displaying fierce competition for talent.

Could the collapsed bank's advisors who are now at the Wall Street giant become a 'red-headed stepchild'?

While former SVB and First Republic advisors are getting more attention, the private equity-backed firm added its largest recruit in 2023 from another shuttered bank.

The No. 1 independent brokerage has boosted the number of brokers it recruits to financial institutions each quarter, its top recruiter in the channel tells FP.

One industry recruiter called the Aegis group at Lincoln 'the last people we expected to move.'

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Happy State Bank's move after Centennial Bank's acquisition of the firm highlights frenzied action in a large but still relatively nascent channel of the industry.

Moody's upgraded the firm's debt rating, but rivals are likely to pounce if service from the corporate office deteriorates during a complex and lengthy transition.

The team, led by financial advisor Ting O'Connor, left because they were unhappy with Merrill's culture and wanted better working conditions for their support staff, a recruiter said.

Five financial advisors left Lakeland Bank and Raymond James for Affinity Federal Credit Union prior to the $1.3 billion acquisition of their prior institution.

RIA DayMark Wealth Partners, less than a year after leaving Wells, has recruited another big team of ex-Wells advisors.