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Migration Lanes

Advisor moves are not random. Two-thirds of all moves in the last 12 months followed a route at least one other advisor took in the same window. These are the lanes: where advisors are actually going, how fast, and which routes look like coordinated team moves rather than individual decisions.

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The busiest lanes right now

Top routes of the last 12 months

Firm-to-firm routes ranked by advisor count. Tap any lane for its full profile.

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A "burst pattern" badge means most of the lane's moves landed inside a single 30-day stretch - the signature of a team lift-out or platform event, not independent decisions.
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Lane profile
Head-to-head: who wins the exchange?

Biggest two-way relationships

Some firm pairs trade advisors constantly. The exchange is rarely even. Pick two firms - or tap a pair below - and see which direction the lane actually runs.

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Net exchange - moves from A to B minus moves from B to A inside the window. It counts advisors, not assets, and says nothing about why each advisor moved. Pairs with 10 or more exchanged advisors are listed.
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Team moves

Where departures cluster into team moves

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Team departure share describes how a firm loses advisors, not how many or why - a high share means departures cluster into coordinated events. Counted for firms with 20 or more departures in the window. Tap a firm for its full flow profile.

A busy lane tells you where people are going. Not whether you should.

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Source & Method
Lane
A firm-to-firm route taken by 2 or more advisors inside the window. A repeating route is a pattern, not a coincidence.
Burst pattern
A lane where most of the moves landed inside a single 30-day stretch (4 or more moves with at least three quarters inside the stretch) - the signature of a team lift-out, branch change, or platform event rather than independent decisions.
Net exchange (head-to-head)
Moves from A to B minus moves from B to A inside the window. It counts advisors, not assets, and says nothing about why each advisor moved.
Team departure share
The share of a firm's departures that landed inside a burst window - a 30-day stretch in which most of a lane's moves occurred, the signature of a coordinated team move. Losing a team is a different event than losing individuals one at a time.
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All advisor moves reported in the last 12 months - a rolling trailing-12-month view. The exact dates appear in the header above.
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These figures describe broad patterns of advisor movement, not audited counts. Use them to spot trends and questions worth exploring, not as a precise scorecard.
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Explore the other reports

Three views of the same reported advisor-movement data, updated on a rolling 12-month window.

The Advisor Flow Index Where a firm stands - net advisor flow, rank, tenure at exit, and where its leavers land. Open report → Momentum Watch Which way it is moving - which firms are heating up and which are cooling off. Open report →
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