“The face of our industry is typically not me,” says the Vanguard and DFA veteran. “I thought about how many young people that I could inspire. So I raised my hand.”

A former engineer claims he was “routinely harassed and discriminated against” by the custodian and its management.

The shift comes after the bank reported its first quarterly loss since 2008.

The 4,000-person regulator in March was one of the first federal agencies to tell employees to stay home due to the public health emergency.

Earlier this year, FINRA arbitrators granted the former advisor’s expungement request, but still sided with the firm on its demands for repayment of two promissory notes.

“Overall there were not many positive data points to hang your hat on,” according to analysts. Advisor headcount, net interest income and assets were down.

The advisors are based in Florida, while the new executive will oversee the New York tri-state area.

Advisors who missed the “first-mover advantage” a decade ago could be in the catbird seat as all the rules change.

Over the past 15 years, Black participation in the industry has stalled at a mere 8% — a figure that typically dwindles heading up the leadership ranks.

Advisor Antoine Souma, who leads the group, had been with the wirehouse for just four years.

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The move would potentially set a bleak precedent for an industry that’s been resisting mass layoffs as the coronavirus pandemic worsens.

One recruit left an IBD to join the wirehouse.

They left Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo to join their new firm.

The bank’s home city of Toronto boasts a population that is more than 50% foreign-born, but there is little diversity in the upper echelons of its financial firms.

The survey's perennial champions scored higher than competitors like Wells Fargo, Ameriprise and LPL on every metric.

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The leaders Bowersock Capital Partners were academia-bound before discovering wealth management was their true calling.

Some of the defecting advisors had been long-time advisors at their former wirehouse before making the move.

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