Raymond James announced Monday that the Clauss & Ellison Group, a team of three advisers that had managed $670 million in assets at Merrill Lynch, has joined its employee advisor channel.
The group, which is based in Greenville, South Carolina, includes Benjamin Clauss, Doug Ellison and Brad LaRue. Two staff members, Cathy Logan and Amanda Wood, join them in the move.
Clauss had worked at Merrill Lynch for 23 years and Ellison had worked there for 27 years. LaRue started at Merrill in 2018.
South Carolina estate planning firm joins Osaic’s IBD network, citing succession planning tools and multigenerational growth resources.
A new SIFMA and KPMG study of more than 2,100 US investors finds satisfaction high, AI-only trust falling, and demand for human guidance growing across every generation.
Retail banks and private wealth firms scored 40 in Fitch's AI stress test, signaling possible one-notch downgrade risk under an adverse scenario.
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.
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