Wells Fargo team managing $170 million moves to Stifel

Wells Fargo team managing $170 million moves to Stifel
Stifel also added an Ameriprise broker managing $82 million.
AUG 10, 2018

A team managing $170 million in assets at Wells Fargo Advisors has joined Stifel Nicolaus. Mark Graham will open an office for the firm in Spokane, Wash., and his partner, Brian Bissell, will work from Pasadena, Calif. Mr. Graham began his securities career at Crowell Weedon in 1983 and spent 11 years at the firm. He later was affiliated with Citigroup and UBS Financial, and joined Wells Fargo in 2009. Mr. Bissell began his career at Citigroup in 2000, where he started working with Mr. Graham. Separately, Stifel said that Craig Braun, who managed $82 million at Ameriprise Financial Services, has joined Stifel in Flint, Mich. He had been with Ameriprise since 1992. (More: Wells Fargo Advisors continues to see a decline in brokers)

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