Kingswood U.S., a New York-based network of registered investment advisory firms and broker-dealers overseeing more than $3 billion, has attracted firms with 15 financial advisers in the fourth quarter of 2022.
The advisers work at a practice serving high-net-worth clients in the Washington, D.C., metro area, a 20-year-old planning firm in Atlanta, Georgia, and a financial planning and consulting firm in Hawaii.
For the year, Kingswood Wealth Advisors attracted 21 advisers supervising more than $943 million in assets, the company said in a release.
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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