Pat Clifford and Tyler Lewis, who managed $275 million at Wells Fargo Advisors, have opened an advisory firm in Tyler, Texas, and affiliated with LPL via its Strategic Wealth Services.
Joining Clifford and Lewis at the new firm, Clifford-Lewis Private Wealth, are Karen Vaughan, who serves as director of planning, and Sherryl Miles, who’s director of client relations.
Clifford has 19 years of experience, according to his BrokerCheck report, and had been affiliated with Wells Fargo since 2012. Lewis has seven years of experience and had been affiliated with Wells since 2016.
Elsewhere, Wells Fargo Advisors adds a $400 million Morgan Stanley veteran in Naples as an ex-Cetera advisor goes independent with LPL
According to a federal charges Bradley Heppner, 60, received more than $150 million in payments through funneling money from GWG Holdings to a shell company.
A $1B fund allegedly skimmed 30% off the top, then swapped cash for locked-up stock.
Insiders allegedly rewrote projections three times in four days.
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