Sean Russell and Philip Giammarino, who managed $325 million at UBS, have gone independent and joined Coastline Wealth Management, an affiliate of Kestra Financial.
Russell and Giammarino, who brought with them Jean Kunkel, their client service manager, will work from Coastline’s offices in Port Jefferson, N.Y.
Working as a team at UBS for eight years, Russell and Giammarino were previously affiliated with Wells Fargo Advisors and Prudential Securities.
The deal to acquire a 300-client tax firm built sets up much-needed succession for its 80-year-old founder, while joining a widening trend of tax service integration among RIAs.
New Nationwide Retirement Institute survey reveals eight in ten Americans agree Social Security needs fixing and how.
Advisor-led adoption has been rapid for tasks from translating annuity contracts into plain English to speedy webinar prep.
Austin, Texas headquartered firm taps former BlackRock managing director following an internal leadership shuffle.
InvestmentNews reported in 2017 that the IRS was scrutinizing the tax shelter land deals, called syndication conservation easements.
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