Team managing $235 million switches from Horner Townsend to Kestra

Team managing $235 million switches from Horner Townsend to Kestra
Three-adviser Gardner Wallace Financial Solutions is based in Addison, Texas.
MAR 18, 2019
A three-adviser team managing $235 million in Addison, Texas, has switched affiliations from Horner Townsend & Kent to Kestra Financial. Advisers Frances Gardner, Andrew Gardner, and Patrick Wallace are the firm's principals. (More:See more adviser moves in InvestmentNews' Adviser on the Move database.) Ms. Gardner began her securities career in 1991 at Sun Investment Services, and was affiliated with two other firms before joining Horner, Townsend & Kent in 1999. Mr. Gardner affiliated with the firm in 2008, and Mr. Wallace in 2007.

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