Four-rep team managing $350 million at Merrill Lynch joins Janney

Four-rep team managing $350 million at Merrill Lynch joins Janney
The eight-person Gansler Group is based in Greenville, Del.
JUN 05, 2019
Four financial advisers managing $350 million at Merrill Lynch in Greenville, Del., along with their four-person support team, have joined Janney Montgomery Scott. The advisers joining Janney are Steve Gansler Jr., Colin P. Burke, Gregory R. Powell and Michael J. Johnson. (More: See more adviser moves in InvestmentNews' Adviser on the Move database.) Mr. Gansler began his career in the financial services industry in 2000 at Merrill Lynch and returned to the firm in 2009 after stints at three other firms. Mr. Burke joined the Gansler Group in 2017 after beginning his career at Sanford C. Bernstein in 2007 and moving to Wells Fargo in 2010. Mr. Powell has over 35 years of financial services experience, and was with Merrill Lynch since 1994. Mr. Johnson joined Merrill Lynch in 2014.

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