A team of three advisers managing $350 million at Merrill Lynch in St. Petersburg, Fla., has joined the employee-broker unit of Raymond James, which is headquartered there.
The team consists of Tim Gross, Leslie Gross and Mike Brown, as well as associate Jamila Kravarusic.
Mr. Gross was with Merrill Lynch for 23 years, Ms. Gross for 20 years, and Mr. Brown for the past 14 years, after beginning his career in 1995 at First Union.
The "Crypto Mom" departure would leave the SEC commission with just two members and no Democratic commissioners on the panel.
IFP Securities’ owner, Bill Hamm, has a long-term plan for the firm and its 279 financial advisors.
Meanwhile, a Osaic and Envestnet ink a new adaptive wealthtech partnership to better support the firm's 10,000-plus advisors, and RIA-focused VastAdvisor unveils native integrations with leading CRMs.
A former Alabama investment advisor and ex-Kestra rep has been permanently barred and penalized after clients he promised to protect got caught in a $2.6 million fraud.
As more active strategies get packaged into the ETF wrapper, advisors and investors have to look beyond expense ratios as the benchmark for value.
Wellington explores how multi strategy hedge funds may enhance diversification
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