A trio of advisors with about $1 billion in managed consumer belongings is ditching their LPL affiliation to affix Raymond James through the agency’s unbiased channel.
Utah-based Jaden Gurney, Trevor Hanson, and Jonathan Rogers moved from Zions Financial institution and LPL to Raymond James Monetary Providers, certainly one of a number of advisor/staff strikes introduced Monday.
The advisors have workplaces all through Utah, in Salt Lake Metropolis, Richfield and St. George. They work with enterprise house owners, near-retirees and shoppers who’ve already retired.
Monetary Marketing consultant Katie King and consumer companies managers Jesica Mangum and Elisa Meacham can even make the journey to Raymond James. In accordance with Hanson, superior tech and companies have been “massive attracts” for the staff, whereas Gurney mentioned the transfer allowed them to reinforce “relationships and take a extra well-rounded strategy” to assist shoppers.
In accordance with SEC information, Gurney spent 12 years within the business, beginning in 2013, with Transamerica earlier than becoming a member of LPL in 2015. Hanson is a United States Air Power veteran who labored as an plane mechanic. He joined Key Financial institution in 2006 after a quick stint at Wells Fargo and has been affiliated with LPL since 2015.
In accordance with SEC information, Rogers has greater than 13 years of expertise. He grew to become an advisor in 2014 and briefly joined Constancy earlier than linking up with LPL.
In 2015, LPL acquired Zions Financial institution’s wealth administration program, which held about $57 billion in complete belongings and had greater than 450 workplaces throughout the West and Southwest (together with Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Washington and Oregon).
J.P. Morgan Wealth Administration Provides Advisor Managing $600M
Michael Lopes, a Washington, D.C.-based advisor managing greater than $600 million in belongings, is becoming a member of J.P. Morgan Wealth Administration as a wealth associate.
Lopes got here from Bernstein Non-public Wealth Administration, the place he centered on entrepreneurs and enterprise house owners.
Shopper Service Affiliate Braxton Ransaw will be part of Lopes within the transfer. He’ll report back to Market Chief Kim Bonanni, who reviews to Northeast Regional Director Rick Penafiel. Lopes first joined Bernstein in 2014, in line with SEC information.
Wealthspire Acquires ‘Way of life Providers’ Agency
Wealthspire Advisors, a New York Metropolis-based registered funding advisory agency owned by world insurance coverage brokerage NFP, unveiled its acquisition of Judith Heft & Associates on Monday.
Wealthspire CEO Mike LaMena mentioned the acquisition was a part of a broader effort to broaden the agency “past conventional wealth administration.”
“Wealthspire is dedicated to offering holistic and personalised companies to our shoppers throughout the wealth spectrum,” LaMena mentioned. “Judy and her staff of pros will transcend invoice pay companies to streamline shoppers’ way of life wants.”
In accordance with a Wealthspire spokesperson, Judith Heft & Associates isn’t an RIA or “typical” service supplier and doesn’t straight handle consumer belongings. As a substitute, they carry out “high-touch and way of life” companies, serving to households develop and preserve spending plans, invoice pay and monetary reporting.
In addition they assist shoppers with government help, skilled group, journey companies, vendor negotiations and basic oversight, in line with a Wealthspire spokesperson.
Wealthspire’s 110 advisors handle $27.4 billion in asset throughout 23 workplaces all through the US.
