In its largest recruiting win of the year, Raymond James picked up a Merrill Lynch team that manages roughly $1 billion in client assets and generated $3.6 million in annual revenue, according to the firm.
The five-member team joined the firm’s employee channel, and comes on top of the
Raymond James, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, has been aggressively recruiting for several years, including pushes into the
Advisors William “Rusty” Seyle and Tim Hickey were veterans of Merrill Lynch, having spent 27 and 24 years at the wirehouse, according to FINRA BrokerCheck records.
They joined Raymond James because it “allows us flexibility in what we can offer our clients, and provides an open architecture technology platform,” Seyle said in a statement.
The advisors serve high-net-worth families, business owners, retirees and corporate retirement plan committees, according to Raymond James.
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The new recruits signed on with the firm’s independent and employee broker-dealer units.
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The company hopes to recruit new advisors by taking a version of its home office tour on the road.
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More than 650 advisors considering a career change visited the firm's headquarters during its last fiscal year.
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Moving to Raymond James with Seyle and Hickey are Kristin DeLong, investment portfolio associate, Alison Ehret, senior client relationship associate, and Marisa Gurnari, registered client relationship associate.
A representative of Merrill Lynch did not respond to a request for comment.
