The team of James Wendling, Steven VanDerSchaaf and Clint Allaman, who managed $315 million at Morgan Stanley in Davenport, Iowa, have moved to the employee unit of Raymond James.
Wendling spent more than 30 years with Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms. VanDerSchaaf began his career in 1993 working for several firms companies in Chicago before joining a Morgan Stanley predecessor in 2001. Allaman was affiliated with Morgan Stanley since 2012.
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