Osaic Consolidation Drives Record Recruiting
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Executives say Osaic's new name and consolidation drove a 240% increase in its recruited assets in the third quarter over a year ago.
Atria Recruiters Jump Ship
Wealth Management
JUNE 8, 2023
Since January, Atria has lost five recruiters, including Gary Bender, who was brought on in April 2022 as head of recruiting.
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Wells Fargo’s Head of Advisor Recruiting Exits
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
James Craven, head of national sales at the brokerage, will oversee advisor recruiting until a replacement for Brendan Krebs is named.
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The IRS Is Recruiting an Army to Take on Wealthy Taxpayers
Wealth Management
JANUARY 30, 2024
It's focusing on recruiting those with specialized tax expertise.
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The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors: Mid-Year Report on Deals, Transitions, and Recruiting
Wealth Management
AUGUST 8, 2024
Louis and Jason Diamond share a “state of the recruiting industry” report for the first half of 2024, with perspectives on what to expect for the rest of the year.
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Savvy Advisors Adds 11th Recruit to AI-Enabled Platform
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Savvy Advisors adds a former LPL advisor as the nascent, tech-focused firm reinvigorates recruiting efforts.
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LPL Recruits Record $44B in Q2
Wealth Management
AUGUST 3, 2022
While advisor movement across the industry has muted, LPL added 780 advisors in the second quarter, many of which came from its recruitment of CUNA Mutual Group.
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Cetera Head of Recruiting John Pierce to Depart Firm
Wealth Management
JANUARY 11, 2024
Pierce will stay on until April 1 as Cetera implements a "downstream" recruiting strategy.
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Edelman Lawsuit Claims Mariner CEO Bicknell Personally Called Potential Recruit
Wealth Management
JANUARY 27, 2025
Mariners recruitment scheme was calculated to ensure Mariner received Edelmans trade secrets, according to amendments made to a lawsuit Edelman first filed in 2023.
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$3.6B Cetera OSJ Recruits Advisor to Lead New Family Office Division
Wealth Management
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Cetera-backed Wilde Wealth Management Group has brought on Drew Kliber, who managed $400 million in assets at UBS, as head of its W Family Office division.
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$7B RIA Procyon Hires Advisor Recruiter From Baird
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Rich Franchella joins Procyon to lead business development and recruit advisor teams across the RIA’s business verticals.
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LPL’s Recruited Assets Down in 2022
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The IBD reported a slowdown in recruited assets in 2022, although its traditional independent advisor channel had a strong quarter.
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Longtime IBD Recruiter Jon Henschen Dies at Age 64
Wealth Management
JULY 21, 2023
Henschen, who owned Henschen & Associates, was a pioneer and thought leader in the independent recruiting space.
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Steward Partners Secures $140 Million Credit Facility to Accelerate Recruiting
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Available capital will support “flood” of recruits in new year.
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Long-time IBD Recruiter Jon Henschen Dies at Age 64
Wealth Management
JULY 21, 2023
Henschen, who owned Henschen & Associates, was a pioneer and thought leader in the independent recruiting space.
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LPL Reports Record Recruiting Quarter on Heels of B/D Acquisition
Wealth Management
JULY 28, 2023
Following the announcement of its acquisition of Crown Capital Securities, LPL said it added $19 billion in recruited assets and 421 net new advisors during the second quarter.
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The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors: An Advisor’s Guide to 2025
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Mindy and Louis Diamonds annual review is designed to provide guidance on the most impactful wealth management industry trends anticipated for 2025, including transitions, deals, compensation, private equity, the wirehouse recruiting race and more.
RIA Roundup: Emigrant Partners Stakes MONECO Advisors
Wealth Management
JUNE 30, 2023
Emigrant has added the 21st growth-oriented platform to its expanding portfolio of independent wealth management businesses, while no less than six firms announced recruits or acquisitions this week.
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Farther Recruits $650M Midwest RIA
Wealth Management
JANUARY 15, 2025
SignalPoint Asset Management represents Farthers largest partnership to date.
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XYPN Sets New Recruitment Record in 2024
Wealth Management
MARCH 27, 2025
A record 456 advisors joined Michael Kitces and Alan Moores 11-year-old support network, evenly split between startups and those with an established book of business.
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LPL Recruits $4.6B OSJ from Lincoln
Wealth Management
MAY 22, 2024
Pilot Financial, which has 105 advisors, joins LPL as an office of supervisory jurisdiction, following Lincoln's sale to Osaic.
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Wealth.com Recruits New Marketing Head from Nitrogen
Wealth Management
JANUARY 23, 2025
Dan Bolton said Wealth.com is building something truly remarkable. Most recently, he was a vice president of corporate marketing for Nitrogen (formerly Riskalyze).
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Journey Strategic Wealth Recruits 3 Teams, $210M in Assets
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The new teams come from Private Advisor Group, Raymond James and New York Life subsidiary Eagle Strategies.
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Stratos Recruits $100M Duo in Ohio
Wealth Management
MAY 29, 2024
Spain & Smith Wealth Advisors will be led by veteran Henry “Hank” Spain, who was most recently with Carnegie Investment Counsel. He’s joined by Dayna Smith, who comes from Frank Legan Advisors at Cedar Brook Group, an RIA affiliated with Cadaret Grant.
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Raymond James Recruiting Slows Down
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 25, 2023
But CEO Paul Reilly said the firm is seeing a significant number of large practices in the pipeline.
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Large Enterprises Drive LPL’s Q3 Recruiting
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 26, 2023
CEO Dan Arnold sees the firm’s recent deal with Prudential as a catalyst to having more discussions with insurance-owned firms with similar needs.
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Raymond James Sees Recruiting Cool; Ameriprise Adds 91 Advisors
Wealth Management
JANUARY 31, 2025
In earnings calls, both Raymond James and Ameriprise cited strong recruiting pipelines as they beat analysts income estimates.
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Five Key Advisor Recruiting, Transition Trends
Wealth Management
MARCH 12, 2024
Understanding the activity of your peers will help you become a smarter advisor and a better steward for your clients.
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LPL Recruits $520M Team From Osaic
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The Equity Design Group team cited consolidation at Osaic as one of the reasons for jumping to LPL.
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Communify Fincentric Recruits New COO from InvestCloud
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Former InvestCloud CEO John Wise brings over Nicole Nakashian, former COO at InvestCloud, to lead operations at his new technology venture.
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Integrated Recruits $1B Retirement Plan-Focused Firm
Wealth Management
JANUARY 15, 2025
RetirementDNA, a San Diego-headquartered advisory team with over $1 billion in assets under management, has joined Integrated Partners.
Citi Targets $1M-Plus Producers with New Recruiting Offer
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Citigold plans to hire 150 advisors over the next two years to fill out bank branches in six affluent markets.
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Acquisitions Fuel LPL Q4 Recruiting Results
Wealth Management
JANUARY 30, 2025
Despite advisor movement remaining below historical norms, LPL is growing its win rate in the recruiting game, said CEO Rich Steinmeier.
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Former Wells Fargo Advisor Recruiting Head Joins PNC Investments
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Brendan Krebs will lead PNC Investments' Wealth Advisor team, reporting to President and CEO Richard Guerrini and helping build out the firm’s increasing focus on mass affluent clients.
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Building Recruiting Momentum at Wells Fargo Advisors
Wealth Management
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Discover the benefits of joining Wells Fargo Advisors. Enhanced resources, localized support, and a full balance sheet await.
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LPL Recruits $380M Team From PNC
Wealth Management
JUNE 27, 2024
The First Summit team includes managing partners Thomas J. Cooney and Mark Freed, a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
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Avantax’s Advisor Headcount Declines, Recruited Assets Rise
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Avantax said the decline was due to attrition of lower producing advisors as it moves closer to finalizing a sale to Cetera later this month.
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$18B Homrich Berg Recruits $4B Team from Truist
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Veteran advisor Larry Parkin has come out of retirement to lead Homrich Berg’s Florida operations.
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Arax Acquires $1.7B RIA; Recruits $270M Wells Fargo Team
Wealth Management
JUNE 11, 2024
Denver-based SRS Capital Advisors is the latest RIA to join under Arax’s multi-boutique strategy.
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Arax Acquires $1B IBD; Recruits $2B Alex. Brown Team
Wealth Management
JANUARY 11, 2024
The $2 billion AUM Stafford Schauer Private Wealth Team joins Arax's Ashton Thomas Private Wealth from Deutsche Bank.
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Adviser links: referral-worthy advice
Abnormal Returns
JULY 3, 2023
Fintech Why fintech startups need advisers onboard to help them sell to wealth management firms. riabiz.com) Why advisers need to step up their recruitment game. matts-newsletter-7a3f46.beehiiv.com) beehiiv.com) A round-up of the past month's advisor-tech news including Vanilla's new "estate advisory" platform.
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Steward Partners Onboards Newest Wells Fargo Recruit
Wealth Management
AUGUST 23, 2022
Thomas Barr joins Steward Partners Global Advisory following transition to multi-custodial Raymond James platform.
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Raymond James Adds Advisors, Despite Recruiting Challenges
Wealth Management
JANUARY 26, 2023
Raymond James ended the quarter with advisor headcount of 8,699, up 235 year-over-year and 18 sequentially.
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Succession Is a Key Aspect of Recruitment Conversations
Wealth Management
MAY 5, 2023
Long-term, sustained growth is critical for advisors, and support of that objective should be top of mind as advisors consider a transition.
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