Karmen Alexander

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a temporary restraining order against a bank-based advisor who joined Morgan Stanley in Farmington Hills, Michigan, according to a complaint filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Michigan.

The brokerage career of a former Morgan Stanley broker on a large bicoastal team has hit a speedbump after he was charged in June with using a fraudulent check to pay for a Porsche sports utility vehicle.

Edward Jones’ advisor roster is within striking distance of 20,000, a goal it had set —and later abandoned —almost a decade ago.

Chuck Roberts, whose trading strategy has spawned over a dozen arbitration claims.

When it rains, it pours—at least with client associates’ litigation this month.

St. Louis-based Edward D. Jones & Co., known for its thousands of single-broker branch offices spread mostly across rural and suburban neighborhoods, is planting a larger flag in New York City.

Morgan Stanley has scooped up a Merrill Lynch team that had generated around $7 million in annual fees and commissions in Michigan, according to a source familiar with the move.

The 1828 Capital team, which joined Ampersand from Wells Fargo on November 15.

Jason Zachter, who joined UBS from Morgan Stanley on November 12 in New York.

A former Wells Fargo broker in River Edge, New Jersey pleaded guilty to charges of stealing more than $3 million from five clients, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice.