UBS Private Wealth Management announced that two financial advisers who managed about $500 million in assets for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management will join UBS.
Mikail Qazi had worked at Merrill since 2005, after starting his career in 2003 at Brookwood Securities Partners, according to his BrokerCheck record. Timothy Martin had worked at Merrill since 2012.
Joining them in the move is Albana Droboniku, senior wealth strategy associate.
Elsewhere, Wells Fargo Advisors adds a $400 million Morgan Stanley veteran in Naples as an ex-Cetera advisor goes independent with LPL
According to a federal charges Bradley Heppner, 60, received more than $150 million in payments through funneling money from GWG Holdings to a shell company.
A $1B fund allegedly skimmed 30% off the top, then swapped cash for locked-up stock.
Insiders allegedly rewrote projections three times in four days.
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