Karmen Alexander is an Associate Editor at AdvisorHub. She specializes in the BFSI sector, focusing on financial services, wealth management, asset management, and investment strategies, while also covering critical topics such as corporate finance, data breaches, and cyber attacks. Karmen's insights and expertise have been featured in various publications, including AdvisorHub.
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By: Karmen Alexander
The revolving door at Wells Fargo spun this week as one team managing $470 million left for Raymond James Financial in Ohio while a broker with $400 million joined from Merrill Lynch’s private wealth group in Texas, according to two separate sources familair with the moves.
The Sexton Group, which joined RBC from Morgan Stanley on August 4.
Sidney Jones, who moved his team to Rockefeller from Merrill Lynch in Ohio.
By: Karmen Alexander
Stifel, Nicholas & Co. in July settled two more complaints for almost $3.6 million tied to barred broker Chuck Roberts, according to his BrokerCheck record.
By: Karmen Alexander
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority brought parallel settlements against two former brokers in Yorba Linda, California over allegations that they improperly sold $8 million worth of promissory notes issued by a private equity fund.
Mitch Edwards (left) and Jeff Stanley, who moved to UBS from Morgan Stanley on August 11.
By: Karmen Alexander, Mason Braswell
A Morgan Stanley broker in Seattle left to join RBC Wealth Management in June, but the welcome party was short lived as he returned to the wirehouse just over a month later.
Craig Foreman (left) and John Rial, who moved their team to Morgan Stanley from Merrill Lynch.
The non-solicit battles that were a hallmark of wirehouse recruiting continue among registered investment advisory firms as RIA giant Edelman Financial Engines secured a temporary restraining order against an advisor who moved to RFG Advisory.
Weisner Perez, who will join Merrill Lynch as a market manager in Chicago from UBS.
