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Kestra, Retirement Planning Group and Raymond James Financial Services trail LPL in 30-day advisor events

Four of the six busiest firms in our records over the past 30 days sit outside LPL and UBS; team liftouts outnumbered breakaways 400 to 72.

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  • LPL Financial leads our records with 125 advisor-related events in the past 30 days, followed by UBS at 83.

  • Each count spans several kinds of event, including team liftouts, breakaways, registrations and executive changes, so the ranking reflects breadth of activity rather than net recruiting.

  • Team liftouts outnumbered breakaways by 400 to 72 over the same 30 days, a ratio above five to one.

LPL Financial leads our records with 125 advisor-related events in the past 30 days, followed by UBS at 83. Kestra Private Wealth Services recorded 67, three more than The Retirement Planning Group and Raymond James Financial Services at 64 each. RFG Advisory follows at 59 and Northwestern Mutual at 58.

Each count spans several kinds of event, including team liftouts, breakaways, registrations and executive changes, so the ranking reflects breadth of activity rather than net recruiting. Behind LPL and UBS, eight firms post totals between 42 and 67, with the members of that band averaging about four events apart. The third through seventh firms sit within nine events of one another.

Team liftouts outnumbered breakaways by 400 to 72 over the same 30 days, a ratio above five to one. Advisor moves accounted for 833 events on their own, more than twice the liftout count. If that ratio holds, an advisor team is more likely to move onto an existing platform than to build a new one.

Advisor moves outnumber liftouts more than two to one
Advisor-related events by kind, past 30 days
Advisor Team lifBreakawa
PWD NEWSROOM TRACKING · 30-DAY COUNTS
LPL leads advisor events with 125 over 30 days
Advisor-related events recorded in the past 30 days
LPL Financial125 events
UBS83 events
Kestra Private Wealth Services67 events
The Retirement Planning Group64 events
Raymond James Financial Services64 events
RFG Advisory59 events
Northwestern Mutual58 events
The Wealth Consulting Group53 events
Ascentis Independent Advisors43 events
Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network42 events
PWD NEWSROOM TRACKING · 30-DAY COUNTS
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