Wirehouse advisors

The Connecticut office tallied 14 new hires in the past twelve months, the firm said.

The Labor Department is receiving a deluge of feedback from advisers and investors on whether to revise its controversial regulation.

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

Regulators are contacting the bank after financial details of some 50,000 clients were inadvertently sent to an outside party, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Social Security numbers and portfolio information for some high-net-worth clients and advisors was provided inadvertently as part of a lawsuit.

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.

What used to be a complex and expensive barrier to entry for independent RIAs has now become much simpler and cheaper.

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.

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.

Naureen Hassan says tools in development will make advisers "faster and smarter" in serving clients.

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.

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

The advisers once oversaw approximately $750 million in client assets, according to Barron's.