Wirehouses

Morgan Stanley landed an advisor team managing $1.1 billion in assets.

HighTower recruited a Merrill Lynch advisor team managing $440 million in assets.

Former-NFL football player-turned Merrill Lynch advisor Reggie Wilkes is helping players and their families manage wealth: "I felt there was a need for someone to support their efforts to overcome the cycle of financial failure."

A Wells Fargo advisor managing $115 million in assets has left the wirehouse for Raymond James & Associates.

Schwab's unsuccessful $15 million claim against Morgan Stanley for poaching brokers shows real animosity between the firms, experts say.

Two Merrill Lynch advisors managing $227 million in assets have left to join Wells Fargo Advisors.

Raymond James recruited a former Merrill Lynch executive to head one its newest branch offices.

Regional firm Benjamin F. Edwards picked up a Wells Fargo advisor team.

Wells Fargo's elite Abbot Downing unit is adding a senior consultant to the team overseeing client education programs for ultrawealthy clients.

Two Morgan Stanley advisors managing $348 million in assets have left to join Wells Fargo Advisors.

A former Merrill Lynch advisor has joined Abbot Downing, a unit of Wells Fargo that serves ultra-wealthy clients.

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said brokerage regulation needs a “major re-examination” to prevent funding shortfalls during a crisis and that brokers should have higher capital requirements.

HighTower recruited a Merrill Lynch advisor team managing $800 million in assets.

As a FINRA task force is scheduled to review the regulator's arbitration process, critics are charging that firms are using U5 termination forms to sully advisor reputations.

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Wells Fargo Advisors picked up an advisor team with $300 million in client assets from Morgan Stanley.

To meet rising client demand for digital services, Wells Fargo appointed Devon McConnell as its new head of Wells Fargo Advisors Digital to oversee development of the firm's mobile and online client platforms.

UBS is considering buying a wealth-management firm in Brazil as it seeks to expand that business sevenfold by 2020, said Sylvia Coutinho, chief executive officer of the lender’s Brazil unit.

The SEC charged an ex-UBS broker with defrauding elderly clients of $730,000, which she allegedly used for vacations, a country club membership, vehicles and clothes.

Raymond James has picked up a UBS advisor team that had annual fees and commissions of about $1.9 million.