While some firms slowed growth during the pandemic, RBC's head of recruitment, Kristen Kimmell, landed billions in assets with a net gain in advisors this year that topped rivals.
About 400 new young hires joined BlackRock in July and have never been to the office.
David Poole is joining Citi, after working at E*Trade and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
In two years, Robertson Stephens has doubled its assets under management and attracted Raj Bhattacharyya to be its CEO.