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Summit Trail’s Jack Petersen on How Their Blockbuster Break Created a $16B Firm Designed to Serve the Unique Needs of UHNW Clients
The Barclays breakaway discusses his 2015 landmark leap with 5 partners, 3 offices, and $3B in AUM—and how Summit Trail became a $16B enterprise. It’s an in-depth conversation around the evolution of wealth management, growth, and focus—and why “supermarket platforms,” designed to manage tens of thousands of advisors and their clients, make it difficult, if not impossible, to serve the unique needs of sophisticated ultra-high net worth clients. 
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Wells Fargo’s Barry Sommers on Transforming the Wealth Management Experience
This episode exemplifies how the industry and this podcast have evolved: The leader from one of the largest wealth managers in the US offers a candid perspective on the firm. Barry discusses the evolution and direction of Wells and their vision of independence. He shares how the firm compares to its peers, the unique value to high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients, their view on recruiting and the ideal advisor type, the future of the industry, and much more. Listen…
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Former Merrill star manager Oden jumps to HSBC
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September 21, 2023 Louis Diamond Quoted by Brooke Southall Dynasty Financial Partners hired an RIA coach in April, and now…
Read MoreWells Fargo’s Broker Recruiting Deals Can Hit 400%, Sommers Says
September 19, 2023 Mindy Diamond Cited by Miriam Rozen Barry Sommers, the chief executive officer of Wells Fargo’s Wealth &…
Read MoreTransition Announcement: Multiple $1mm+ Producers Depart Edward Jones
In two recently announced moves, Edward Jones advisors decamped for independence with Kestra PWS and Raymond James Financial Services. Even…
Read MoreUBS’s Cost Cuts Dampen Brokers’ Expense Budgets
September 14, 2023 Louis Diamond Quoted by Miriam Rozen Field managers at UBS Wealth Management USA have tightened their travel…
Read MoreMerrill Team with $353M Book Joins RayJay in FL, Another Shifts to LPL in TX
September 5, 2023 By Karmen Alexander The steady stream of brokers out of Merrill Lynch continues as two teams who…
Read MoreGoldman PFM Advisors in Dallas Decamp for Dynasty RIA, Regional B-D Hilltop
September 5, 2023 By Mason Braswell At least four advisors with Goldman Sachs’ Personal Financial Management unit have hit the…
Read MoreTransition Announcement: $270mm Merrill Team Sets-Up Independent Practice with LPL
Breakaway Wealth Management is a young, entrepreneurial team that values simplicity and transparency, with a desire to operate independently and…
Read MoreRBC makes biggest hire ever with $5.5 billion team from UBS
August 21, 2023 Jason Diamond Quoted By Nathan Place For the second time this month, RBC Wealth Management expanded its…
Read MoreTransition Announcement: $5.5B UBS Mega-Team Leaves for RBC
One of the top teams in the industry, led by the largest female advisor at UBS, Leslie Lauer, moves to…
Read MoreRBC snags giant $5.5 billion team from UBS in Atlanta
August 18, 2023 By Bruce Kelly The ESOP Group, founded in 1989, specializes in working with business owners on the…
Read MoreUBS Loses $5.5 Billion Advisor Team to RBC
August 18, 2023 By Andrew Welsch RBC Wealth Management made its biggest team hire ever, picking up what the firm…
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