Randal Quarles served as a senior Treasury official under President George W. Bush.

New share classes reduce conflicts of interest and boost returns, four Kansas City firms merge and investor sentiment has fallen off.

Clients assets at the firm's brokerage reached a record high $1.8 trillion.

The brokerage has hired a head of municipal trading and head of public finance, new positions.

Carl Richards launches a not-so-secret society, Morgan Stanley high-earner leaves for Merrill Lynch and a Colorado financial advisor is arrested for stalking a teenage girl.

The firm’s acquisition of WealthTrust, an RIA with $6.4 billion in assets, demonstrates the power and attractiveness of the independent model, as well as the evolution of HighTower's strategy.

Newly named Chief Financial Officer Greg Stockett joins the firm from REDI Global Technologies, while Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel Nina McKenna comes from Cetera.