Advisor Gary Hirschberg already has plans to expand his young firm.

The holding company launched only two years ago, but it’s already made two purchases and has several more in the works.

The company is bridging its bank and wirehouse through training programs, compensation plans and technology investments

Dynasty, Raymond James and Stifel are among the biggest beneficiaries of recent advisor moves.

Robert DuKate initially stayed behind when his partner, David Katz, switched firms. Eight months later, he followed along.

Robert Burns and Janet Nevins are the latest former wirehouse advisors to join the high-end brokerage unit.

The bank, which has 265,000 employees, is struggling to grow under the weight of a Federal Reserve assets cap.

The practice is at least the second this year to jump from the Advisor Group firm to its similarly sized rival.

The firm claims it is also missing important documents related to a large institutional client.

Upon closing, the deal will push Wealth Enhancement’s advisor head count beyond 70 financial planners.

The No. 1 IBD drew in a team composed of both CPAs and advisors.

The advisors join the regional firm from Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

The four-advisor practice joined the No. 1 IBD after its CEO pledged to transform the company’s culture.

The regional BD has picked up 15 advisors this month alone.

Firms’ head counts show how they’re responding to a challenging time in which experts predict the number of advisors to fall in coming years.

Women have long been under-represented among the brokerage ranks, says Elizabeth McCourt. She offers her insights as we continue the dialogue from our Recruiters Roundtable.

Each of the team’s members had 15 years or more experience working at the wirehouse.

The tax-focused IBD is betting on a switch to Fidelity and Envestnet while undergoing a cultural shift.

This is the third such suit the bank has filed against former advisors in recent months.

The deal with the family-run independent insurance firm followed record sales in fixed-index annuities.