The banking and trading group is expected to shoulder many of the reductions. Morgan Stanley employs about 82,000 people.

Daniel Murphy and his team left Wells Fargo to establish Great Lakes Private Wealth with capital, resources and technology support from Summit.

Schwab-backed Dynasty is now offering M&A advice and financial support to firms outside its network.

First Republic’s private wealth-management platform will become part of JPMorgan Advisors, which JPMorgan inherited from Bear Stearns when it bought that firm in 2008.

Errors in a software update to MoneyGuidePro and a Tamarac outage got advisors talking and tweeting.

JPMorgan acquired about $173 billion of First Republic’s loans, $30 billion of securities and $92 billion in deposits.

USI adds to its retirement and investment advisory business with actuarial and benefits consultant H&H.

The Cynosure Group's plans to build an RIA for wealthy clients got a fortuitous boost in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s downfall, even as its chairman has come under scrutiny for his role in the collapse.

The Friedman Peters Group has more than $400 million in managed assets and will join RBC’s San Francisco location, following several other additions in the Golden State earlier this month.