Wealth Enhancement Group, a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based hybrid managing $39.1 billion, has acquired Serafini Financial Group, a Hagerstown, Maryland-based hybrid that managed $853 million. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Andrew A. Serafini, who founded the eponymous firm in 1990, has joined Wealth Enhancement as a financial adviser, along with his colleagues Douglas Nigh and Nathanael Hanft.
The Wealth Enhancement Group’s registered representatives are affiliated with LPL Financial.
A private partnership, Edward Jones is a giant in the retail brokerage industry with more than 20,000 financial advisors.
Meanwhile, Raymond James and Tritonpoint Partners separately welcomed father-son teams, including a breakaway from UBS in Missouri.
Paul Atkins has asked staff to solicit public comment on novel ETFs, pausing the clock on as many as 24 filings linked to the booming event contracts market.
From 401(k)s to retail funds, Deloitte sees private equity and credit crossing into mainstream investing on two fronts at once.
Big-name defections from Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Merrill Lynch headline a busy two weeks of recruiting for the wirehouse.
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