Regional BDs

The firm's newest recruits have been in the business for two decades.

One last look at this year's elite young advisers. Plus, details on when the new campaign begins.

The new recruits joined the regional firm's employee channel.

One of the recruits is an industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience.

One of the new recruits was previously affiliated with Raymond James as an independent adviser for about a decade.

The firm is buying City Financial, where brokers oversaw approximately $4 billion, according to the company.

Plus, Wells Fargo hires a $700M team from J.P. Morgan Private Bank and helps a $587M Morgan Stanley team go independent.

The firm named Douglas Rubenstein as its new chief operating officer.

How a close relationship with his planners has made Edward Sudzina one of the industry's top leaders.

Competing in his first triathlon helped John Pierce discover the direction he needed to succeed in wealth management.

The firm's newest recruits generated $3.6 million in annual revenue.

Planners who are agile enough can easily decide on what's best for them: switching to wirehouses, other large brokerages or going independent. Also, moving quickly may help them land the best deals, says a recruiting consultant.

Plus, Benjamin F. Edwards and Ameriprise each add recruits with more than $600M in combined AUM, and Morgan loses a $500M group.

Profits and revenues are down for all but one of the brokerages.

The regulator sanctioned the brokerage firm for supervisory failures that stretched over a nearly two year period.

WealthSource Partners joins regional broker-deal’s Investment Advisors Division.

The regional brokerage firm also said it recruited three advisers overseeing more than $150 million in client assets.

The regional broker landed three recruits from First Allied Securities, Edward Jones and U.S. Bank.

Also, Dynasty lured teams managing nearly $1 billion in client assets to independence.

No financial solution can gain momentum without the collaboration of technology and human capital. But robos are only one small part of this equation.