Recruiting

The enterprise could reach more than 50 registered representatives in the next couple of months, depending on how many of them leave MassMutual.

As its advisor headcounts in the W-2 channel have stagnated, Raymond James Advisor Select added a major former UBS quartet.

The company has benefited from a market surge, new investors and an uptick in broker breakaways.

The nation’s largest independent broker-dealer will onboard a substantially higher share of assets and advisors than after its last comparable deal in 2017.

The parties are combining forces to offer other practices a longer term alternative to private equity deals.

Private equity-backed Wealth Enhancement Group unveiled its third largest deal ever and its first location on the West Coast.

More growth is on the way: the No. 1 IBD has one more massive recruiting move and a $300M acquisition to complete.

Advisor Group, Raymond James, LPL, New York Life, Stone Point Capital, and other news and moves of the week in the financial advice world.

The firm slimmed down its headcount slightly, even as it saw an uptick in advisor-related revenues from fees and asset management.

The company upped its recruiting package last year, a change that has been “very well received by prospective advisors,” according to the CEO.

The firm’s recruiting is also gaining steam, despite the ongoing impact to its bottom line from low interest rates.

The 20-advisor team left Advisor Group’s Securities America for the private equity-backed holding company’s independent subsidiary, Cadaret Grant.

The Swiss bank added a sprinkle of new US advisors for the first time in years, amid record quarterly profits and plans for global job cuts.

Moves and news at Macquarie, Rockefeller, Vanguard, Orion, and elsewhere in the financial-advice industry this week.

The six-person will focus on ultra-high-net-worth families and individuals in South Florida.

From compliance to technology and succession, advisors may be under the wrong impressions about launching their own firms.

The two lead advisors had each spent more than two decades with the wirehouse.

Moves and news at Stifel, Avantax, Cetera, D.A. Davidson, John Hancock Retirement and other quick takes from the week in financial advice.

Advisor Kip Adams says access to the IBD’s trading platform and tools have “already improved how we open new accounts and manage our business.”

Financial advisor Jacqueline Campbel led a diversity program at her old firm and has ambitious expansion goals for her new one after 25 years in the industry.