The bank is seeking a temporary restraining order against Matthew D. Sitarski, alleging he accessed client information, violated contractual agreements and lured away clients with nearly $4 million in assets.

Wintrust will move two businesses and 85 advisors to the LPL Institution Services platform from Wells Fargo.

Also, Advzyon and Apex announce integrations and AssetMark boosts it 2024 tech budget by $15 million.

In a newly created position, Erik Karanik will oversee growth across Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network and First Clearing.

Kingswood now has until March 15 to complete its merger with broker/dealer aggregator Wentworth.

The capital will be used to pursue organic and acquisition-based growth globally.

Pettinelli Financial Partners is the latest of several firms leaving Osaic this month.

The RIA has brought on Gün Keresteci, former global head of finance at McKinsey.