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  • Merrill underlines recruiting ambitions with $2.2B advisor pulled from JPMorgan
  • LPL Acquires Mariner's $31B Platform Business
  • Merrill, other BofA wealth units hit record revenue despite asset dip

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financial-planning.com /1 month ago

Merrill underlines recruiting ambitions with $2.2B advisor pulled from JPMorgan

The addition of Peter Laidlaw to Merrill's offices in San Francisco comes as firm executives aim to engage in "more aggressive recruiting."

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wealthmanagement.com /1 month ago

LPL Acquires Mariner's $31B Platform Business

In partnership with its minority investor LPL, Private Advisor Group will acquire the hybrid business of Mariner Advisor Network, which includes 144 advisors.

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financial-planning.com /1 month ago

Merrill, other BofA wealth units hit record revenue despite asset dip

CEO Brian Moynihan said the firm recruited twice the number of advisors it did a year ago and is making progress fighting advisor attrition.

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wealthmanagement.com /1 month ago

Sanctuary Adds $800M Breakaway From Merrill Lynch

Soteris Private Wealth represents the second Merrill breakaway to join $58 billion Sanctuary in as many weeks.

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wealthmanagement.com /1 month ago

Merchant Invests in Emerge Business Management

The deal is part of Merchant’s broader strategy to invest in wealth management-adjacent services it can offer its advisor network.

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financial-planning.com /2 weeks ago

Wells Fargo's indie channel pulls Merrill teams managing $1.4B

In Wells' latest big recruiting deal, two separate groups at Merrill are coming together to form Twin Harbors Private Wealth at Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, or FiNet.

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wealthmanagement.com /1 month ago

Marsh McLennan Agency to Acquire $1.6B Wealth, Retirement, Benefits Shop

Marsh McLennan Agency will acquire TriBridge Partners, adding benefits, wealth management and insurance practices in the Mid-Atlantic.

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wealthmanagement.com /1 month ago

Deals & Moves: Concurrent, Sanctuary Launch Merrill Breakaway RIAs

In addition, Merit brings on another Commonwealth team, Prudential adds two former bank advisors, and RFG Advisory lures a former Cetera advisor.

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wealthmanagement.com /4 weeks ago

Prosperity Merges in Five Firms to Create $4.7B RIA

JL Smith Holistic Wealth Management, Alison Wealth Management, OneTeam Financial, Hammer Financial Group and FSC Wealth Advisors come together in a deal that adds $1.8 billion in a...

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wealthmanagement.com /1 month ago

People Moves: Janney Adds Two FNB Advisors, Alaris Hires M&A Vet

In addition, Mercer hires McKinsey’s Jimmy Zhao to lead M&A and corporate partnerships, and $500M RIA Lansing Street expands its management team.

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wealthmanagement.com /3 weeks ago

$6.5B Sowell Management Sells Minority Stake to Merchant

Merchant’s investment will fund Sowell’s new Advisor Partnership Program, providing equity and growth capital.

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asia.nikkei.com /1 month ago

Japan state-backed JIC to name ex-head of Merrill Lynch Japan

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financial-planning.com /1 month ago

Merrill beats ex-advisor in deferred comp-retirement case

A three-judge panel on the Fourth Circuit Appeals agrees with Merrill that its deferred compensation policies are a bonus used to reward brokers for loyalty to the firm.

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wealthmanagement.com /1 month ago

RIA Breakaway OpenArc on Track for $15B in Wealth Assets by Year End

The Merrill Lynch breakaway could be back to where it started on the wealth side while laying the groundwork to regain its institutional business, according to one of its founders.

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financial-planning.com /2 weeks ago

How an advisor left the mailroom and built a white-glove UHNW niche

Jack Mullen has built an ultrahigh net worth niche at Merrill Private Wealth Management that functions much like a family office. Here's how he did it, in our latest installment of...

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wealthmanagement.com /1 week ago

LPL Attracts $1B Florida Team From Ameriprise

Cebert Wealth Advisors works with more than 1,700 clients and focuses on The Villages, a booming retirement community based in Central Florida.

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wealthmanagement.com /1 month ago

Deals & Moves: Mariner Adds Two Teams of $500M to W-2 Channel

Also, Caprock opens a multi-family office in Denver, OnePoint BFG snags a $450M Northwestern Mutual team, and Wealth Enhancement acquires an independent Dallas RIA.

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financial-planning.com /1 month ago

LPL's Mariner Advisor Network deal fuels already hot year for RIA M&A

A report from the industry tracking-firm DeVoe & Co. finds that 2026 is off to the strongest start for RIA acquisitions ever and broker-dealers like LPL are among the main purc...

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wealthmanagement.com /1 week ago

$3B Former Wells Fargo FiNet Team Launches Own RIA

The 22-person Jacksonville, Fla., team, led by four partners, will use First Clearing for custody and TradePMR for middle-office support.

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finance.yahoo.com /1 month ago

Corient Acquires $10.7B European Wealth Manager

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financial-planning.com /3 weeks ago

&Partners picks up $1B team from Wells Fargo

Principality Private Wealth adds to the 115 teams &Partners has onboarded since its founding in 2023.

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wealthmanagement.com /1 month ago

Mercer Advisors Hires Chief Solutions Officer From Morgan Stanley

Melissa Nims takes over for Jeremiah Barlow, who has been appointed to the newly created chief commercial officer position.

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wealthmanagement.com /3 weeks ago

Wells Fargo Lures Morgan Stanley, UBS Advisors Representing More Than $9B

In less than a week, Wells Fargo Advisors announced the addition of two teams from Morgan Stanley and one from UBS, which had been overseeing in total more than $9 billion in clien...

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fool.com /1 month ago

Elser Financial Planning Loads Up on Merchants Bancorp Shares Worth $1.1 Billion

This regional lender specializes in multi-family mortgage banking and commercial lending, serving diverse clients across the U.S.

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