The rise of trading boutiques and agency brokers that set up during the financial crisis to capitalize on wide bid-ask spreads and reduced bank liquidity is now in reverse. Industry participants say employees are leaving the small dealers they joined and returning to the large brokerages. A survey by US data collector Discovery showed a big turnover at broker dealers in February, with movement doubling since the beginning of December. The largest movements were among the independent broker dealers, while wirehouse outflows of representatives slowed.
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