The OSJ scooped up teams from Edward Jones, Wells Fargo Advisors and Wedbush Securities.

The firm has added 42 advisors this year with a combined $3.8 billion in AUM.

An employee who left in 2018 said she experienced a barrage of racial and sexual antagonism while at the firm, such that “it is not possible to list all of the comments and conduct in one document."

Homogeneous industries and male executives are the primary target clients of the new consultancy, Kathleen Zemaitis says.

The Buffalo, New York location is the independent firm’s 12th nationwide.

Brian Truscott oversaw more than $330 million in client assets.

The firm also added a new unit to accommodate its dramatic advisor growth — from one to 140 in seven years.

Efforts to diversify boardrooms have taken on new urgency this year as racial unrest called attention to income inequality and pressure mounted on banks and other publicly traded companies to do something about it.

The new hires generated approximately $5 million in production before making the move.

Foresight is key — today's “overqualified” hire could be tomorrow's "capable choice for a promotion."

The flow of assets and capital in manager selection, municipal bonds and business and mortgage capital reveals forms of systemic racism that often get overlooked.

The Boston-based boutique oversees the assets of roughly 140 full- service clients and 800 individual households.

The custodian is upping the number of scholarships set aside for women and people of color.

In two recent moves, the firm promoted one of its own to regional director and lured another back from AllianceBernstein.

With COVID-19 cases soaring, a growing number of banks, including JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bancorp and Capital One, have pushed back target dates for bringing employees back to offices. Some are even allowing them to work from home indefinitely.

The advisors know RBC’s Pittsburgh complex director from earlier in their careers, when all three men worked at Smith Barney.

For its next leader, Ohio National turned to a veteran executive with prior experience leading its independent broker-dealer.

One thing was made clear at the annual event: There’s more work to be done.

The No. 1 IBD is responsible for nearly half of the dozen mega-moves in its sector this year.

As some firms closed their doors, the regional BD saw a selling point for new recruits and existing FAs in a different approach.