Francine Payson and Tarek Salhab, who managed $215 million at Merrill Lynch in Fort Myers, Florida, have joined the employee unit of Raymond James.
The two were joined in the move by client service associates Gail Siebenmorgen and Lynda Demarco.
Payson had been with Merrill Lynch since 1991. Salhab began his career at Morgan Stanley in 2000 and moved to Merrill Lynch in 2006.
Also, Orion has added BlackRock, Fidelity, and Vanguard to its custom portfolios suite, and RedBlack has set up a new headquarters after crossing a trillion-dollar milestone.
Also, New York-based Legacy Edge Advisors names its first-ever CEO, while Novare Capital Management hires a Vanguard veteran with a multigenerational planning focus.
Asset managers are racing to bring private market products to retirement plans, but cost and liquidity concerns linger.
Treasury's latest tax-exemption crackdown on private schools lands in the wake of a separate push to restrict refundable credits for some immigrant filers.
Workforce trust measures predicted which companies came out ahead during COVID-19. The same dynamic may now be playing out across the AI transition — and the data suggests the spread could be just as wide.
Northern Trust’s Ken Lassner shows advisors how to convert volatility into after-tax portfolio gains
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