Wells Fargo Recruits Mega Team
Wells Fargo Picks Up J.P. Morgan Team
The wirehouse firm reported that long-time financial advisors John Bueno, John Raetz, and Noah Robinson will be joining the firm at its Birmingham, Mich. office.
Bueno, the most senior member among the recruits, has been in the financial services industry for 19 years, according to FINRA records. Robinson has been in the industry for eight years and Raetz for seven.
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Wells Fargo Loses Duo to Focus Financial
Joseph Zappia, principal and managing partner of Zappia Investment Group at Wells, and the firms former senior investment advisor, Ted Garofola, will be joining LVW Advisors of Rochester, N.Y., a unit within the Focus network of independent wealth management firms.
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Mega Team Leaves Merrill for Focus Financial
Advisors Herman Rij, Jason Cort, Brian Cort and Kori Lannon have formed Quadrant Private Wealth in Bethlehem, Pa. Rij, the senior-most member of the team, started his career in 1969, according to FINRA records. He joined Merrill in 1971. Cort joined the wirehouse in 1997, and his brother Brian became a Merrill advisor in 2002. Lannon signed on in 2007.
"The elite are voting with their feet. The best of the best advisors are leaving the wirehouses," says Focus CEO Rudy Adolf. "The momentum is terrific in the breakaway space."
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Merrill Team Goes Independent With HighTower
The Ezzell Group is based in Sacramento, Calif. Founder Jason Ezzel is joined at the new firm by senior manager Alec Fisher.
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Two UBS Advisors Leave to Join Stifel
Todd Frediani and Larry Stater are leaving UBS to join Stifels Santa Rosa, Calif.-based office, according to a statement released by the firm.
Stater has more than 40 years of industry experience, and Frediani 18, according to FINRA.
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Steward Partners Recruits Former Morgan Stanley Team
The three member team, comprised of Travis Tucker, Donald Brusca and Stacy Bazylinski, has left RPG Family Wealth Advisory where they managed about $120 million in assets and generated $1.3 million in annual revenue. The trio has reunited with Steward President Jim Gold who previously served as their branch manager in Danvers, Mass.
"It's a relationship business. There's a lot of synergy between us," says Tucker.
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Focus Recruits Former Merrill Executive to Co-Head Breakaway Program
Christopher Dupuy, now co-president of the Focus Connections program, is a 29-year veteran of the wirehouse world and most recently oversaw about 1,400 Merrill advisors as head of the Pacific Northwest Market, according to a statement from Focus. Dupuy claims his leadership experience and lengthy history in the industry will be assets to the Connections program.
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Merrill Lands Two Barclays Advisors
Advisors James Clarke and Philip Weyhe joined Merrill's Park Avenue office in New York where they will report to Joseph Doonan. Clarke and Weyhe generated over $2.5 million in annual production while at Barclays.
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U.S. Capital Advisors Poaches Talent From UBS and J.P. Morgan
Patrick Mendenhall, managing partner and head of wealth management at Houston-based U.S. Capital Advisors, says the former UBS Wealth Management Americas team alone is one of the largest to join his firm.
The group, to be based in Houston, is comprised of veteran advisors Todd LaVergne, Nick Erwin, Ryan Ringuet and Aaron Geller.
A fifth advisor, Amanda Ton, formerly of J.P. Morgan Securities, also is joining U.S. Capital. She had been at her previous job for 18 months, according to FINRA records.
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RBC Recruits Morgan Stanley Director
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RBC Pulls in UBS Advisor
Peter Cleary and client associate Mariana Ali will be joining RBC's Norwell, Mass. Office, and report to Boston Complex Director Paul Leyden, according to a statement from the firm.
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