Williams, who will continue as chief operating officer, assumes the presidency from David Stringer.
Ash Chopra launches Syon Capital and most of the 10 professionals joining him in the move were team members at Merrill.
The women-led Lakeview Wealth Management, which is based in Deer Park, Illinois, offers retirement and financial planning services.
Howard Woo, Luke Schell make the wirehouse switch in Irvine, California, and operate as Sequoia Partners.
The ETF is designed so that all net profits from managing the fund are donated to Susan G. Komen on an annual basis.
The eight-adviser group, which operates as The Wise Investor Group of Raymond James in Reston, Virginia, joins the firm's employee channel.
The managing partners of The Albany Group, which is based in Decatur, Alabama, use LPL's services for breakaway brokers.
Cate Grinney forms all-female indie firm in Fairbault, Minnesota, and affiliates with the independent channel of Ameriprise.
Trio of advisers launch Beverly Hills Private Wealth as an independent registered investment adviser and selects Goldman as custodian.
Bruce and Jeff are joined by Tim Murray, capital markets strategist at T. Rowe Price, to talk about all things capital markets. The big question: is this economic slowdown inevitably going to become a recession? They discuss supply, demand and inflation to sort out the possibilities. They also touch on the effect the economic slowdown is having on equity markets.