The Labor Department has indicated that further revisions to the regulation could be forthcoming.

This year has seen more moves, bigger moves and more expensive moves.

Stan Leavitt said he was drawn to the regional firm for its culture and financial planning capabilities.

The four advisers joined the more than 500 lost by the wirehouse in the last nine months.

The new complex manager will oversee 43 advisers at the regional brokerage.

Firms must offer them to tap new talent amid the industry’s succession problems, the custodian says.

The firm also said it has benefited from low attrition and its training program.

The advisers previously worked at RBC Wealth Management, with one of them making the firm’s Chairman’s Council.

The two advisers bolted in a quarter that saw their ex-firm lose 130 advisers.

This is the second time Jefferies has poached Miami-based adviser talent from the wirehouse.

Despite hiring pullbacks at the larger firms, there's been no shortage of multibillion dollar moves.

The firm's headcount has steadily declined since the bogus account scandal came to light last year.

"With 15,000 financial advisors, it's hard to change financial planning software. It's hard to change the day-to-day stuff," adviser Jim Denholm III says.

The broker now operates from Ameriprise's independent side, according to the company.

The four advisers had spent their entire careers at Merrill before making the switch.

The platform provider has inked partnerships with 45 RIAs since 2010 and 10 so far this year.

The latest hires join the regional firm from Wells Fargo and RBC.

Concerns about management dragged down job satisfaction ratings in J.D. Power’s annual survey.

The firm isn't the only one benefiting from a still strong breakaway movement.

His move is also something of a reunion, as Steward Partners CEO Jim Gold once served as his manager at Smith Barney.