Recruiting

With billions of dollars on the table, both buyers and sellers want deals to close quickly and transitions for clients to be implemented smoothly. But success is not always guaranteed.

Five financial advisors with $1.45 billion in client assets and seven support staff members moved to the independent brokerage's breakaway channel.

The previously unreported case reflects shifting dynamics in the channel as the largest tax-focused wealth management firm hits one of its closest rivals with litigation.

A new report from industry recruiting firm Diamond Consultants shows the top trends in recruiting and deals for 2022, a year when things got intense in the last six months.

Despite some signals that deal volume is slowing down in 2023, acquirers say the expanding breadth of client needs is driving more consolidation.

Vince Fertitta, the president of Sanctuary Wealth, shared how the firm won over its most productive wirehouse breakaway team to date.

The wirehouse announced Tuesday it was streamlining regional leadership, in a move some recruiters consider likely to blunt its plans to grow headcount.

The banking industry appears to be stuck when it comes to diversifying the leadership ranks.

Stifel Independent Advisors grew its advisor headcount 12% and AUM over 70% last year. Its CEO says firms have a major blind spot when supporting independent advisor growth.

Nathan Stibbs will be the midsize independent firm's first director of corporate strategy after it picked up more than a dozen teams in 2022.

Wealthcare Advisory, an LPL hybrid RIA, deployed its private equity capital and planning technology to reach record levels of client assets and financial advisors.

The largest independent broker-dealer is also "on a journey" to reach more high net worth clients through new tools under development, CEO Dan Arnold said.

The firm also added $15 billion in client assets through recruiting in 2022 just before announcing the largest deal of CEO Adam Antoniades' tenure.

Despite tough economic conditions for most of 2022, the company reeled in a record inflow of client assets.

The firm is undervalued by the stock market when compared to "two high-quality peers" in Raymond James and Morgan Stanley, its CEO said.

The independent wealth management firm made its third significant deal with an insurance firm exiting the industry in the past four years.

Cedarwood Financial Partners left Edward Jones after decades in an effort to carry out ambitious growth targets.

The Wall Street institution is seeking to guard against an economic downturn.

The smaller shrinking of the wirehouse's headcount in 2023 underscored a successful year of growth for the megabank's wealth arm.

At Future Proof 2022, the recently designated CFP discussed why the event was different from typical wealth management conferences.