Gena Barbato, Beth Woodward and Daniel Kundla, who managed $215 million at UBS Financial Services in Atlanta, have gone independent and affiliated with LPL Financial through Gladstone Wealth Partners, an office of supervisory jurisdiction.
The woman-led team, Platinum Wealth Management, is based in Atlanta’s Buckhead community. Barbato and Woodward have worked together since 2001 and merged their business 16 years ago. Kundla joined the team in 2016 as a college intern.
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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