MML loses $294 million team to Ameriprise

Ryan Lambert and team join franchise channel in Latham, N.Y.
APR 19, 2018

Ryan Lambert, who heads a team that includes five other advisers and managed $294 million in assets at MML Investors Services, has joined the franchise channel of Ameriprise. The team includes advisers Cheri Amsden, Daniel Miller, James Phillips, Christopher Spratt and Mark Wells, and three other staff members. The practice, based in Latham, N.Y., which is outside Albany, operates under the name of Three Buckets Wealth Management. Mr. Lambert began his career at Ameriprise in 2004 and moved to MSI Financial Services in 2014. He joined MML in 2017.

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