Independence answered this pair’s requirement to gain freedom, control and ownership over their business with the benefit of a turnkey start-up and support—allowing them to focus on serving their high net worth clients, including professional athletes and coaches.
By AdvisorHub Staff, AdvisorHub – Indianapolis-based independent broker-dealer Sanctuary Wealth has added its first team in Wisconsin with the hire of a Merrill Lynch team that had managed around $400 million in assets.
By Barbra Herman, InvestmentNews – When considering a move, it’s critical to strike the right balance between satisfying specific, objective criteria for immediate needs while taking a wider perspective of longer-term goals and shared values.
By Jake Martin, AdvisorHub – Ivan Hendricks, a solo producer from Monroe, Louisiana, managing $280 million left Merrill Lynch for LPL Financial Strategic Wealth Services (SWS).
By Barbra Herman, InvestmentNews – Financial advisors may spend months, even years, performing the due diligence that leads them to their next best opportunity. Yet still, they often overlook some of the finer points that allow for a better post-move experience. Here are 8 tips to help advisors enjoy a less stressful experience during and after a move.
By Barbara Herman, InvestmentNews – With so much movement by top advisors, even diehard Merrill folks, who have been the industry’s most loyal over the years, are asking: “Why are so many people moving and what am I missing by staying?”
Barbara Herman Quoted – By Diana Britton, WealthManagement.com – While LPL Financial has custodied assets for registered investment advisors since 2008, it was largely to support the fledgling hybrid advisory business of its registered reps. But as it has across the industry, that advisory business has grown fast.
By Barbara Herman, ThinkAdvisor.com – The desire for greater control and flexibility has become the single most powerful driver of advisor movement and change. This concept of “wanting greater agency over their business lives” cuts across all business models and has never been more prevalent.
By Andrew Foerch, Citywire – A veteran UBS advisor is leaving the wirehouse to join a Sanctuary Wealth affiliate. Matt Tucker, who has spent his entire 25-year career with UBS and its predecessor PaineWebber, will join Bowersock Capital Partners, which is headquartered in Lawrence, Kan. Tucker will open a Bowersock office in nearby Overland Park, Kan. He managed around $200m in assets while at UBS, according to Sanctuary.
By Jake Martin, AdvisorHub – A solo advisor who had built a $279 million book as a broker at Merrill Lynch and other large brokerage firms has left the wirehouse world to start his own practice affiliated with Raymond James Financial in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
