One adviser from UBS and two from Merrill Lynch move to Raymond James

One adviser from UBS and two from Merrill Lynch move to Raymond James
The number of assets managed by each adviser ranges from $137 to $190 million
MAY 31, 2019
Dominick DiBona, who managed $190 million at UBS in Garden City, N.Y., has joined the employee unit of Raymond James in that Long Island suburb. Mr. DiBona began his career at Prudential Securities in 1987, and later worked at Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley. (More:​ See more adviser moves in InvestmentNews' Adviser on the Move database.) Separately, William C. Miller, who managed $160 million at Merrill Lynch in New Haven, Conn., has joined the Raymond James office there. He began his financial services career in 1993 at PaineWebber, and later worked at Prudential Securities and UBS. Leonard Boniface, who managed $137 million at Merrill Lynch, has joined Raymond James in Morristown, N.J. He spent his entire 16-year career at Merrill Lynch.

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