01/27/2012

Oster Named CCO At KPMG

Oster most recently served in the Obama administration as a senior appointee at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the agency’s top communications and public affairs official.

01/27/2012

United Capital adds Harold Brown team

Peter Grogan, Will Kelly and Mimi Schanzlin are the latest to leave the New York-based broker-dealer Harold C. Brown & Co, which is closing its doors after roughly 80 years in the business.

01/26/2012

LPL Financial adds eight advisers

Napolitano, who has spent roughly two decades in the advising industry, had previously been registered with Lincoln Financial Securities Corp.

01/26/2012

Ameriprise poaches veteran adviser

"This is a great example of someone who was at a wirehouse for many decades and really had a strong desire to go independent," said Hiter, who now oversees Hanks.

01/26/2012

MSSB hires $2.1 mln Merrill team

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, the largest U.S. brokerage, hired two veteran advisers from Merrill Lynch to its broker base, a source with knowledge of the move told Reuters on Wednesday.

01/25/2012

Wells Fargo adds six veteran advisers

The six, who joined Wells Fargo & Co in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, managed a combined $728 million in client assets at their previous firms.

01/24/2012

Former Exchange Chief Takes Helm at RIM in Shakeup

With the new position, Stymiest shifts from banking and finance to technology, as the smartphone seller tries to stem a plunge in sales and declining market share to bigger competitors such as Apple Inc.