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.

“Financial advisors typically don’t speak athletes’ language, so athletes and entertainers gravitate toward those people who do,” said former Chicago Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye.

The hurdles faced by Black professionals who break into the financial services belie the notion that their small numbers at the industry’s top ranks are a pipeline problem.

Disclosing such information is rare in wealth management, but long overdue, says Andy Sieg.

Necessary new approaches include better cultural understanding, more flexibility for new entrants and more outreach, advisors and executives say.

Two women employees at the firm’s Newport Beach, California office say they were demoted after reporting instances of bias and harassment.

The former wirehouse team oversaw $1.15 billion and will staff a newly opened office for the regional BD.

Firms have only six weeks to find a replacement technology platform.

In a surprise announcement, Private Advisor Group tapped Moore as CEO nearly two years after he left Cetera for undisclosed medical reasons.

It’s another big get for a bank that has been busily luring away top talent from the wirehouses.

It’s one of the largest recruiting moves of the year in the independent broker-dealer sector.

The addition for Venture Visionary Partners grows its staff to 28 and total AUM to $3.7 billion.

Executives provided advisors an update. The company has separately said it cut more than 200 retail branches at the end of last month.

The 40-advisor OSJ brings more than double the assets of any other new group unveiled across the IBD network in 2020.

Opening a bank or investment account — or even securing employment in a racism-free workplace — is out of reach for many Black Americans.