Brian Wall and Joe Nastasi, whose separate businesses at Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network collectively manage $315 million, have affiliated with LPL.
Wall has spent 44 years as an adviser and producing branch manager. He went independent in 2012. Nastasi, trained as an engineer, worked at IBM before turning his hobby of investing into a career.
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With the move to LPL, the advisers will merge their independent offices in the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area.
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