By Andrew Shilling
HighTower has acquired two LPL Financial advisors with $150 million in combined client assets.
Managing director and now partner Melissa Duffy has joined the firm with advisor Paige Todorich at Portland, Maine-based Simmons Wilkes Investment Advisors. That brings the group’s total corporate, family and individual assets to nearly $650 million, according to the firm.
UBS is increasing its recruiting efforts, offering top advisors deals of up to 550% of annual revenue while targeting experienced private bankers.
Advisors at some of the largest firms in the country are leaving, and not in a trickle. In 2024 alone, more than 9,600 experienced advisors changed firms, according to industry data from Diamond Consultants.
June 12, 2026Louis Diamond QuotedBy Andrew Cohen Median compensation for financial planners reached $195,000 in 2025, marking a 15% year-over-year
