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Stifel Financial hired a new branch manager who previously worked for Merrill Lynch.

A Morgan Stanley branch manager left the wirehouse to join Raymond James & Associates and help with the firm's expansion plans.

The wirehouse said it scooped up two advisors from rivals Raymond James and J.P. Morgan.

Two advisors have left J.P. Morgan Private Bank to join Barclays' wealth management division in Palm Beach, Fla.

Raymond James & Associates lured away one advisor who generated $2 million in production.

RBC Wealth Management-U.S. grabbed a trio of financial advisors generating $1.8 million in annual revenue from Oppenheimer & Co.

Worries about a tidal wave of retiring advisors may be overblown, say some wealth management executives.

RBC enticed away a Merrill Lynch team managing $103 million in assets.

Frank Campanale, CEO of Lebenthal Wealth Advisors and a former executive at Smith Barney, spells out the key elements in firm's growth plans and recruiting strategy: brand, equity stakes and passion.

RBC Wealth Management lured away a wirehouse advisor managing $116 million in assets from Wells Fargo Advisors.

Lebenthal Wealth Advisors has recruited a former wirehouse branch manager and two independent advisors to fulfill its growth plans.

An independent advisor managing $165 million has joined Ameriprise's employee channel.

The Denver-based association announced Friday that it has grown in 2014 to more than 10,000 members and certificates worldwide.

Profits are up at wealth management firms, and executives are taking stock of their priorities and goals.

Stifel has been busy building its business with little public profile. The firm wants to change that, says President and CEO Ronald Kruszewski, who acknowledges that the lack of attention thus far has probably been a good thing. "You want to be famous; you don’t want to be infamous."

In an exclusive set of interviews with On Wall Street, the industry's leading executives talk about how clients' needs are changing, technology is evolving and how firms can keep growing the bottom line.

Janney Montgomery Scott lured away a husband-wife team from Wells Fargo Advisors.

Ameriprise's executive vice president says the firm has spent a lot of resources, especially in the major markets and major cities, establishing training programs to bring new advisors into this business.

Ameriprise CEO Jim Cracchiolo credited growth in the firm's fee-based businesses and wealth management unit for the company's robust overall performance.

Edward Jones Managing Partner James Weddle says the firm grows organically, recruiting from colleges and even the military for new advisors.