Adviser team managing $6 billion at Morgan Stanley creates RIA

Adviser team managing $6 billion at Morgan Stanley creates RIA
Houston-based Americana Partners is using Dynasty, Schwab and Addepar.
APR 29, 2019
An adviser who manages $6 billion with a team of six other advisers and five support staffers at Morgan Stanley has created Americana Partners, a registered investment adviser based in Houston. Joining Jason Fertitta at his new venture from Morgan Stanley are former colleagues Billy Busch and Sheldon Busch, who are based in Austin; Josh Caltrider, who's based in Dallas; and Robert Wellington, Johnathan Schnitzer and Ben Athens, who are based in Houston. (More: InvestmentNews' Advisers on the Move database) Mr. Fertitta joined Morgan Stanley in 2008 from Lehman Brothers. The new firm has affiliated with Dynasty Financial Partners, which said in a release that Americana is the largest firm that has joined its network to date. Americana will use Schwab as its custodian and Addepar for consolidated asset and performance reporting.

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