UBS Wealth Management takes another $640M team from Wall Street firm

UBS Wealth Management takes another $640M team from Wall Street firm
The Swiss-headquartered wealth manager has expanded its advisor head count in Ohio.
AUG 14, 2023

UBS Wealth Management has added another advisor team from Merrill Lynch and not for the first time this year.

Led by financial advisor Charlie Bergman, an industry veteran with 25 years of experience, the BG Wealth Management also includes financial advisor Justine Greenwald who also has a quarter century in the industry, and client associates Lisa Moavero and Alona Porat.

The quartet manages $640 million in invested client assets and follows a duo with the same AUM who left Merrill Lynch for UBS in Florida in February.

Two teams also transferred between the two firms in January, including the San Francisco-based Klinger Quan Group, which manages more than $1.3 billion in assets, and Hartford, Connecticut-based David Sacharko and Sean Siana, who oversee $340 million in assets.

UBS is headquartered in Switzerland, but around 30% of its employees are based in the Americas across its divisions.

EXPANDING MARKET

The latest additions to its U.S. wealth management business in expands the firm’s capabilities in Pepper Pike, Ohio.

“The team’s industry experience and dedication to their clients will be a great addition to our business, and we look forward to having them help us continue to expand our client offering in this key market,” said Deb Junior, Pepper Pike market director at UBS Wealth Management USA.

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