Recruiting
Explore the latest industry news and advice that can help financial advisors hire the best employees and find the right partners to help grow their businesses.
$1.3B Group Joins Focus Financial From LPL: Recruiting Roundup
By Janet LevauxMeanwhile, Raymond James' employee channel names its top complex and branch managers of 2017.
January 03, 2018
Edward Jones, Seeking Seasoned FAs, Gets a Recruiting MakeoverKatherine Mauzy tells ThinkAdvisor how the firm, now the biggest by advisor headcount, is trying to lure more established advisors, including beefing up their pay.
January 02, 2018
Some Big Names Stay, Some Go: Broker ProtocolWirehouses Morgan Stanley and UBS may have left the Protocol for Broker Recruiting, but Merrill Lynch says it is staying put. Meanwhile, Wells Fargo says it remains undecided about whether it will stay or go.
November 29, 2017
RBC Wealth Nabs UBS Branch Manager: Recruiting RoundupMeanwhile, Janney brings on advisors from Merrill and Wells Fargo, and Raymond James independent channel picks up a Wells team
November 27, 2017
Will More Firms Leave the Broker Protocol?Morgan Stanley's recent decision to leave the protocol has thrown a wrench into the current recruiting environment, which has been on a tear.
November 27, 2017
UBS Exits Protocol, Creating ‘New World’ for Advisors, ClientsThe departure will impact reps and clients, says Danny Sarch, though Mark Elzweig sees things differently.
November 16, 2017
Securities America Adds $446M All-Women RIA: Recruiting RoundupMeanwhile, RBC draws teams from Wells Fargo and UBS, and Ameriprise brings on a group from Merrill Lynch.
November 14, 2017
Will More Firms Leave Broker Protocol?After Morgan Stanley's exit, the recruiting scene could shift in a variety of ways, says one industry watcher.