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Benjamin F. Edwards ices deal with ex-NHL star

Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. late last month hired former hockey star Blake Dunlop to run its newly opened St. Louis branch

Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. late last month hired former hockey star Blake Dunlop to run its newly opened St. Louis branch.

Mr. Dunlop, who spent 22 years as a branch manager for A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. and 11 years as a professional hockey player, most notably as a forward with the St. Louis Blues, said there isn’t much difference between playing hockey and managing a brokerage branch.

“The skills that translate are certainly things that you need to be successful in sports: leadership, hard work, being prepared and doing whatever is necessary to get the job done for yourself and your teammates,” Mr. Dunlop said.

Mr. Dunlop said he expects to bring on plenty of recruits to the new branch, the firm’s 11th. The firm was created in 2008 by Benjamin F. “Tad” Edwards IV, the son of the former chief executive of A.G. Edwards, and the great-great-grandson of A.G. Edwards founder Albert Gallatin Edwards.

“It’s going to be interesting and intriguing for many other people at other firms to hear the story of how this firm is growing and what it has to offer — and that goes for large brokerage firms,” Mr. Dunlop said. “We’re hoping to talk to high-quality people from any of the major brokerage firms out there in town.”

For now, the ex-hockey player is concentrating on transitioning his clients to his new firm. “The focus right now is to get the assets and accounts transferred properly. After that, the goal is to continue building this branch with high-integrity people who share the same client-first mentality we have here.”

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