$1.2-Billion Team Flees Raymond James For Greater Opportunity
Over the past decade, large regional firms like Raymond James have built their advisor ranks by promising wirehouse brokers and captive advisors greater freedom and flexibility
Merchant The Quiet Force Behind the Industry’s Fastest Growing RIAs
It’s not one of the flashy roll-ups or consolidators that dominate headlines in industry trades, but Merchant Investment Management has quickly and quietly become one of the most exciting growth stories in wealth management.
Why are Wirehouses Increasing Comp Plans to Retain Advisors?
Three of the four wirehouses have rushed out their compensation plans early this year. Typically, firms don’t announce early unless you have good news, and for the most part, they wanted to…
Firms Weaponize Heightened Supervision to Shackle Big Producers
Advisors at big firms are increasingly finding themselves in the worst kind of limbo: heightened supervision. They don’t have the privileges of full-time employees, but they can’t leave.
Mega Breakaway: $129B Merrill Team Leaves to Launch Atlanta RIA
In what may be the biggest breakaway deal on record, a 50-advisor team managing around $129 billion in assets has left Merrill Lynch to start their own RIA in Atlanta.