Recruiting

It will be the largest bank channel team at the IBD, with its former clearing house Pershing taking a hit.

An all-woman team joined the firm in Miami while a branch manager is installed in a new Northern California office.

Procyon Partners, which caters to UHNW clients and retirement plans, had a rocky separation from the same former firm.

The latest roundup of 32 IBD affiliation moves, M&A deals and expert studies reveals the mixed impact of the coronavirus.

Three of the quartet join the South Dakota office, while the fourth is in Washington state.

Unexpected tailwinds from the global pandemic have made recruitment more efficient and have highlighted advisor-client bonds.

The group had been at their previous firm for 14 years.

The new hire joins a fast-growing complex in Northern California.

A lawsuit will turn on whether UBS can demonstrate that Alexandra Van Meurs violated contract agreements when she and her team jumped to Morgan Stanley.

The list shows how firms of all sizes face a pivotal balancing act in seeking to recruit and retain advisors.

Northwestern Mutual’s practices raise difficult questions about the nature of retail advice just as wealth management faces greater scrutiny under new rules.

Earlier this year, FINRA arbitrators granted the former advisor’s expungement request, but still sided with the firm on its demands for repayment of two promissory notes.

The advisors are based in Florida, while the new executive will oversee the New York tri-state area.

Over the past 15 years, Black participation in the industry has stalled at a mere 8% — a figure that typically dwindles heading up the leadership ranks.

Advisor Antoine Souma, who leads the group, had been with the wirehouse for just four years.

One recruit left an IBD to join the wirehouse.

They left Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo to join their new firm.

The survey's perennial champions scored higher than competitors like Wells Fargo, Ameriprise and LPL on every metric.

The leaders Bowersock Capital Partners were academia-bound before discovering wealth management was their true calling.

Some of the defecting advisors had been long-time advisors at their former wirehouse before making the move.