Regional banks

Two UBS advisors managing $170 million in assets joined Baird.

These firms have made advisor-friendly cultures a crucial part of their success in both retaining advisors and recruiting new ones.

"I spent the first 21 years of my professional life in the broadcast industry. ... When you’re on deadline, you almost have to become an instant expert," says Edward Jones advisor Alison Gilman Aquino.

Ameriprise Financial reported 33% year-over-year growth in wealth management profits.

Oppenheimer Holdings will pay $20 million to settle U.S. regulatory claims that it improperly sold billions of shares of penny stocks on behalf of an offshore brokerage.

Raymond James & Associates recruited advisors from Oppenheimer & Co. and Wells Fargo Advisors, each with close to $1 million in revenue.

Two wirehouse advisors generating $1.3 million in annual revenues joined RBC Wealth Management.

The regional broker-dealer lands three new recruits for its employee channel, including one who managed more than $100 million AUM.

The asset management firm made the new hires during a recruiting push in the last quarter.

An advisor at RBC has been promoted and will oversee six wealth managers.

When does it make sense to buy your list of clients? Attorney Alan Foxman explains.

But while quarterly earnings at the company's wealth management unit dropped 7% from the previous quarter, they were up 30% year-over-year.

Raymond James lured away a Morgan Stanley advisor managing more than $85 million in client assets.

Two advisors left Wells Fargo to join Stifel.

An advisor managing more than $188 million in client assets joined Raymond James & Associates.

Raymond James lured away a UBS advisor managing more than $120 million in assets.

Anastasios "Tommy" Belesis, the former head of John Thomas Financial, was barred from the brokerage industry for life by FINRA for trading ahead of clients' orders.

An Edward Jones advisor managing more than $114 million in client assets joined the Raymond James independent channel.

Two advisors left RBC to join Raymond James' employee channel.

Stifel Nicolaus lured away a 36-year veteran advisor from RBC.