Microsoft and Amazon.com are the fund’s top-two holdings.

This is the first move of Joseph Chu’s financial career, but it’s not the wirehouse’s first big loss this year.

The new recruits joined from Bernstein where they serviced ultrawealthy families.

Stratos Wealth and other OSJs are offering more types of affiliation and equity deals in a bid to stem a competitive threat.

A total of 155 new advisors have joined Ameriprise in the last two quarters, and they keep coming.

Two wirehouse advisors left the Charlotte branch one Friday afternoon, for separate firms.

Planners ranging from sole practitioners to the largest OSJ enterprises welcomed the CEO’s comment that the firm's culture was not aligned with its strategy.

The wirehouse has been hemorrhaging talent over the last few months.

The new hires include a rare independent-to-employee career move.

The OSJ spans dozens of advisors, and it marks at least the ninth major exit following a change in policies at the No. 1 IBD.

The partners opened their RIA under consultation with a firm founded by former HighTower executives last year.

The lawsuit accused JPMorgan of sending white advisors to wealthier places while assigning black colleagues to less lucrative branches and denying them opportunities.

The bank said it thoroughly investigates all complaints of impropriety after a report said the company is failing to treat some of its female employees fairly.

The move by the multi-generational practice stemmed from LPL’s self-clearing capabilities, one of the advisors says.

The latest revelation of misconduct comes as the bank tries to overhaul its internal culture after two years of lawsuits, investigations and fines.

The two advisors have already transferred about $160 million in client assets, according to their former employer.

Robert Russo says the Independent Advisor Alliance has recruited nearly three dozen IFP reps, and other large enterprises have also made inroads.

Both the regional BD and RIA have benefited from an exodus of wirehouse talent.

Mutual Securities has added five new affiliated practices this year to grow to 26 teams with more than $1.5 billion in AUM on its corporate RIA.

Training programs may seem expensive, but they cost just pennies compared to the expense of losing talent and hiring replacements.