The companies on our third annual list of Best Fintechs to Work For (a ranking compiled by our parent company, Arizent) share an ability to create personal connections with employees, and offer top-tier benefits like generous sabbaticals, fully paid insurance, and parental leave on day one.

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The recent moves display the stakes of the competitive recruiting fight, which has led to firms like AmeriFlex seeking to give advisors greater flexibility and resources.

The regional broker-dealer has long been among the industry’s most aggressive recruiters.

The advisors join the bank following a major reorganization of its wealth management business.

CEO Dan Arnold describes the firm’s tech-fueled advisor strategy.

One of the new hires oversees more than $300 million in client assets and has more than 30 years in the business.

To accommodate its burgeoning brokerage force, the firm opened 42 new branches last year.

Jim Cracchiolo predicts the number of advisors will go back up, but he says the firm places more importance on boosting the size of their businesses.

An arbitration panel rejected efforts to impose a permanent injunction against a broker who left for Raymond James.

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The takeaway for other firms: Be explicit, clear and public about seeking women employees and creating a safe workplace for them.

There are indications that the bank may be looking to expand its toehold in the U.S. wealth management market after abandoning it in 2016.

The new recruits expand the firm’s presence in New York.

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President Jim Fitzpatrick plans to address changing approaches to distribution and data management, and place more focus on diversity and inclusion.

It’s been a long tail for the firm that began with the 2016 revelation that employees had opened millions of fake accounts to meet sales goals.

“The bank had better tools and systems to detect employees who did not meet unreasonable sales goals than it did to catch employees” engaging in misconduct, the regulator said.

The regional BD’s new hires in January have averaged more than $100 million in AUM.