Boston Harbor Wealth Advisors, a super office of supervisory jurisdiction for Raymond James, has attracted advisers from Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, as well as two independent teams, who collectively manage $686 million in assets.
Bill Sherlach, Jim Mead and Sal Trombetta, who operate as the IST Group and managed $336 million at Morgan Stanley, are based in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Brian M. Marino, Gene Craciun and their five-person team, who operate as OnPoint Wealth Partners in Cleveland, manage $250 million and were formerly affiliated with MML Investors Services.
Former Merrill Lynch adviser Jeffrey Fitz, who managed more than $50 million in Briarcliff Manor, New York, and John Meaken, who also manages more than $50 million and was formerly affiliated with LPL in Beverly, Massachusetts, also affiliated with Raymond James through Boston Harbor Wealth Advisors.
Recruited assets, organic growth both powered ahead
Goldman Sachs' Padi Raphael, Global Co-Head of Third-Party Wealth, said the "door is always open" regarding a potential RIA referral program, as the firm looks to serve the "mega trend" of growing wealth from independent advisors.
UBS research finds lack of planning and communication as key challenges for high-net-worth widows and next-generation women in navigating inheritances.
The proposed "all markets" fund is structured to enable quarterly redemptions, driven by investments in public equities, fixed income, and private market assets.
The firm has been dogged by compliance issues for years, resulting in multiple fines by various regulatory bodies.
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