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The firm aims for a bigger foothold in a competitive sector with new offerings around tech, service, advisory programs and practice management.

While the wirehouse has suffered from advisor attrition, the regional BD has grown its brokerage ranks.

CEO Dan Arnold presented details of the firm's mounting ambition after announcing the acquisition of a brokerage and RIA with $3 billion in client assets.

The IBD last recruited a practice from Cetera in October.

The firm has a particular focus on female clients and empowering women to better control their finances.

The firm has its origins as a family office founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1882.

Several of the firm’s new hires are industry veterans with more than 30 years of industry experience.

Richard Fuld's Matrix Private Capital Group has both asset and wealth management operations.

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The win follows a first-quarter report showing it grew its ranks 3.4% over the prior year.

CEO Sergio Ermotti has resisted pressure from some investors for large-scale layoffs, opting instead for smaller cuts with less impact on morale.

The regional BD has approximately 1,800 advisors.

The advisors are the latest in a string to jump from a wirehouse to a regional BD.

The IBD network has an inside edge for ensuring advisors are ready if equities suffer a sustained fall, according to its president, Adam Antoniades.

The actively managed vehicle will invest in about 100 companies.

The pickup adds to the platform service provider’s hot streak.

Advisors from rivals Merrill and Wells Fargo will join the firm. “Our recruiting pipeline is robust," an executive says.

The five advisors with $180 million in AUM opted to bolt for the firm launched by a practice once affiliated with Triad Advisors.

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