Two advisers who had managed $850 million of assets at Merrill Lynch in the Denver area have joined Rockefeller Capital Management.
The four-person team, which is based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, operates as the Hablutzel Group.
The team is led by Brent Hablutzel, and includes Zachary Bond-Stefo and client associates Lori C. Caddey and Shayna Yallaly.
Hablutzel has 17 years of experience, all of it at Merrill, according to his BrokerCheck profile, while Bond-Stefo started his career at Merrill in 2019.
Elsewhere, Wells Fargo Advisors adds a $400 million Morgan Stanley veteran in Naples as an ex-Cetera advisor goes independent with LPL
According to a federal charges Bradley Heppner, 60, received more than $150 million in payments through funneling money from GWG Holdings to a shell company.
A $1B fund allegedly skimmed 30% off the top, then swapped cash for locked-up stock.
Insiders allegedly rewrote projections three times in four days.
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