Francis Ciocari, who managed $300 million at Morgan Stanley in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, has gone independent and affiliated with LPL Financial through Gladstone Wealth Partners, an office of supervisory jurisdiction for the firm.
He will be opening an office for Gladstone, a super OSJ, in Blue Bell along with his longtime assistant, Christine Buck Nolan.
Ciocari was with Morgan Stanley for eight years and began his career at Merrill Lynch in 1998.
Meanwhile, DPL Financial Partners adds two annuity executives and Prime Capital Financial hires a Mid-Atlantic retirement plan consultant
Andrew Komarow pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Hartford to defrauding three financial services companies of close to $3.3 million.
Elsewhere, Cetera picks up a $210 million Connecticut team from MML, while Wells Fargo FiNet adds a San Diego family practice from LPL
Celebrity endorsements, $500M in claimed assets, and a state regulator stepping in.
“We needed to become a more agile and efficient organization,” said American Express CEO Stephen Squeri.
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