Wirehouse advisors

Four winners of this year's Top 40 Brokers Under 40 overall and regional lists, from Morgan Stanley, Merrill Wealth Management, William Blair and RBC, joined industry experts in sharing how big brokerages can hold onto young advisors in a red-hot labor market.

Financial Planning announces its 2023 class of the top 40 most productive employee wealth management brokers under age 40.

The Swiss wirehouse struck twice at rival Merrill Lynch, poaching both an ultrahigh net worth team managing $1.3 billion and a high net worth team with $340 million of AUM.

Chelsea Ransom-Cooper, a managing partner and director of financial planning at Zenith Wealth Partners, spoke with FP about what the big firms are getting right — and what's missing from their DEI strategies.

In a conversation with industry recruiter Mindy Diamond, the president of Bank of America's legacy wealth management firm shared his thoughts on advisor strategy and said he wanted advisors to integrate more with the rest of the bank.

A new study from YCharts shows which type of financial advisor is best at communicating with clients, along with investors' changing priorities.

The wirehouse reported a record fourth-quarter growth of 8,500 net new households and said it planned to hire advisors at a 3-4% rate over the next five to 10 years.

The giant investment bank announced cuts across the board, but its reported sparing of financial advisors suggests that wealth careers may be recession-proof in 2023.

Estate planning experts at JP Morgan, Bank of America, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and other firms weigh in on how client needs and interests, as well as industry practices, have changed.

Reports and recruiters say that smaller firms, more flexibility and greater diversity are increasingly popular with industry job seekers