Level Four Group recruited a wealth program from its onetime brokerage as it made progress on its goal of doubling in size by 2025.

The 12-person team's move was unsolicited and adds to what is now almost two dozen advisors who have migrated to the wirehouse from the struggling regional bank.

BMO's acquisition of Bank of the West is delivering the firm its seventh recruiting or M&A move of at least $1 billion in 2023.

The moves reflect a wild week of First Republic advisors rushing to firms including JPMC, Morgan Stanley and UBS following their employer's calamitous earnings call Monday.

Despite a nearly flat advisor headcount, interest income and fees lifted the regional brokerage's results, and the wealth business still added $21.5 billion of net new assets.

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The firm also sees additional recruiting opportunities at banks and other financial institutions after attracting Comerica Bank's wealth program last month.

Along with co-founder Daniel Guillen, the 30-year veteran of the profession is building a firm that he says has given him his "second wind" for the future.

The bank said the advisors and associates who left had managed under 20% of wealth management assets, as of the end of the first quarter.

The regional firm, whose parent is the 10th largest bank in the world by market capitalization, is eager to pitch top advisors seeking stability. At the same time, it's ramping up a major branding campaign with Major League Soccer and Apple to woo next-generation clients.