Andy Saperstein, Ted Pick and Dan Simkowitz are thought to be executives in the running to succeed James Gorman, who says he will step down in the next 12 months.
Jersey City, New Jersey-based Crescent Harbor Private Wealth was founded by John Araneo.
San Jose-based O’Connor & Associates has $875 million in client assets; Garden City-based Cuneo Denihan & Associates has almost $1 billion in assets.
Gorman, who transformed Morgan Stanley after it nearly collapsed during the global financial crisis, will assume the role of executive chairman after exiting as chief executive.
But the bank warns that it faces billions in potential costs, including about $13 billion in markdowns on Credit Suisse assets and up to $4 billion in legal costs.
The shareholder suit accused the bank of making misleading statements about its compliance with federal consent orders following its 2016 scandal related to unauthorized customer accounts.
The Compass Group advisors are joining DayMark Wealth Partners, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based RIA with $907 million in assets.
The father-son duo of Jeffrey and Justin Katz are joining LPL’s employee channel and will operate as Katz Wealth Advisors of LPL Financial.
The company, which self-reported the issue, signed separate consent orders with Finra and the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation.
The firm disclosed the investigations last year, and said it faces potential civil liability from allegations that it caused stock prices to drop before completing a block trade.
Naratil will become the firm's chief financial officer and lead the division that will oversee the Credit Suisse merger, a Swiss newspaper reports.
The giant firms face an approaching winter as they become less prominent in the overall advisory business.
Chicago-based Burnham Harbor Private Wealth has four advisors.
A majority of the bank's investors voted in favor of a shareholder proposal requesting an annual public report on efforts to prevent harassment and discrimination against employees.
While the firm added $28 billion in new funds from clients during the quarter, revenue at the wealth business fell short of estimates.
James Forsyth and Steven Miller, who operate as the Valencia Group, will be Steward Partners' first team in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Some of Hill's responsibilities will be handed off to Jeff Busconi, who holds the newly created position of head of wealth management strategy, products and services.
James Sheehan is based in Charleston, South Carolina, while Shawn Tighe works in northern New Jersey.
New York City-based Liberty Wealth Partners is just the latest team to leave First Republic in the wake of the turmoil that struck regional and West Coast banks.
But the wealth management unit was clearly a bright spot for the firm in the first quarter, with Morgan Stanley's overall earnings falling 19% from the year-earlier period.
