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The Moves Wire the industry’s tape for talent · updated continuously

Advisor and executive movement across wealth management. Entries marked ● VERIFIED are confirmed against SEC registration records — not press releases.

The tapeNet flowsFirmTypeWindowReset
67 of the latest entries match
Sep 10MoveDarron L. Carpenter · $140MCitizens Securities → Wells Fargo Advisors
Sep 10MoveMax Ortiz · $180MFirst Citizens Investor Services → Wells Fargo Advisors
Sep 10Team lift-outSteven Cottillion · team of 2Merrill Lynch → Wells Fargo Advisors
Sep 10Registrations20 advisors off RFG Advisory’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 10Registrations2 advisors off Mariner Advisor Network’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 9ExecutiveKevin Verdi, Jeffrey Kanne
Sep 9MoveJustin DukeBNY Wealth → Simon Quick Advisors
Sep 9Registrations7 advisors off CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 9Registrations11 advisors off Waverly Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 9Registrations22 advisors off Concurrent Investment Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 9Registrations7 advisors off Stifel Independent Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 8MoveJustin Duke
Sep 8ExecutiveSarah GreenVanguard → Beacon Pointe Advisors
Sep 8ExecutiveKatie CullenBlackRock → Beacon Pointe Advisors
Sep 8Registrations3 advisors onto MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS’s roster● VERIFIED
Sep 8Registrations2 advisorsOpenArc Corporate AdvisoryOPENARC CORPORATE ADVISORY, LLC● VERIFIED
Sep 8Registrations2 advisors off MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 8Registrations16 advisors off Merit Financial Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 8Registrations19 advisors off OpenArc Corporate Advisory’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 8Registrations2 advisors off Brown Advisory’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 7ExecutiveKatie Cullen, Sarah Green
Sep 6MoveZachary Karason · $106MU.S. Bancorp Advisors → Prudential Advisors (via Mid America Financial Group)
Sep 5BreakawayParker Terrill Austinto Embarcadero Capital Advisors
Sep 5MoveZachary Karason · $106MU.S. Bancorp Advisors → Prudential Advisors
Sep 5Registrations2 advisorsGoldman Sachs Asset ManagementLEXAURUM ADVISORS● VERIFIED
Sep 5Registrations7 advisors off RFG Advisor’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 5Registrations24 advisors off RFG Advisory’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 4Registrations2 advisors off Keen Wealth Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 4Registrations7 advisors off CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 3ExecutiveJeff MelloeMoney Advisor → destination pending
Sep 3MoveZachary Karason · $106MU.S. Bancorp Advisors → Prudential Advisors (Mid America Financial Group)
Sep 3BreakawayScott Israel · team of 4TIAA → Legacy Edge Advisors
Sep 3ExecutiveChristopher WeyrauchCitizens Financial Group → Legacy Edge Advisors
Sep 3Registrations19 advisors off Moneta Group Investment Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 3Registrations7 advisors off Stifel Independent Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 3Registrations12 advisors off OpenArc Corporate Advisory’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 3Registrations2 advisors off PARALLEL ADVISORS, LLC’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 2Registrations7 advisors off RFG Advisor’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 1Registrations2 advisorsParallel AdvisorsPARALLEL ADVISORS, LLC● VERIFIED
Sep 1Registrations7 advisors off Evoke Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Sep 1Registrations20 advisors off RFG Advisory’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Aug 31Team lift-outLeo Wai · team of 14Merit Financial Advisors → PURSHE KAPLAN STERLING INVESTMENTS● VERIFIED
Aug 31ExecutiveJohn Rajes
Aug 31Team lift-outThomas Faley · $838MWells Fargo Advisors → &Partners
Aug 31Team lift-outJames Slaughter · team of 40LPL Financial → Cetera
Aug 31Registrations4 advisors onto MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS’s roster● VERIFIED
Aug 31Registrations2 advisors onto PARALLEL ADVISORS, LLC’s roster● VERIFIED
Aug 30MoveLeo Waito MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS● VERIFIED
Aug 30Registrations4 advisors onto MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS’s roster● VERIFIED
Aug 29MoveArin Hovanesianto MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS● VERIFIED
Aug 29Registrations4 advisorsParallel AdvisorsPARALLEL ADVISORS, LLC● VERIFIED
Aug 29Registrations5 advisors onto MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS’s roster● VERIFIED
Aug 29Registrations23 advisors off Merit Financial Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Aug 28Team lift-outMarko UngashickTwo West Capital Advisors → Higginbotham
Aug 28Registrations16 advisors off RFG Advisor’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Aug 28Registrations6 advisors off Evoke Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Aug 28Registrations21 advisors off RFG Advisory’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Aug 27Registrations6 advisors off MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Aug 27Registrations14 advisors off Merit Financial Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Aug 27Registrations3 advisors off Parallel Advisors’s roster · destinations pending● VERIFIED
Aug 26Team lift-outTony Conte · $1.6BCambridge Investment Research → LPL Financial LLC
Aug 25Team lift-outJeffrey Stillwell · $240M
Aug 25MoveHeather Pelant · $2BBaker Street Advisors → Cresset Capital Management
Aug 25Team lift-outMariner Advisor Network · team of 367Mariner Advisor Network → LPL Financial
Aug 23Team lift-outTony Conte · team of 24Cambridge Investment Research → LPL Financial
Aug 23Registrations8 advisors onto MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS’s roster● VERIFIED
From the Moves Desk

Northwestern Mutual loses $5 billion to OnePoint BFG

Two insurance-affiliated teams moved a combined $5 billion to OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners in one week, suggesting the breakaway wave has reached the insurance-owned wealth channel.

Mercer's Atlanta hire bets on density, not a disclosed book

A Northern Trust portfolio advisor joins a $6.7 billion office, and the asset figure the announcement omits is the part the recruiting market cannot price.

Merrill's $1.2B Santa Fe lift-out is a density play

A $4.7 million revenue book on $1.2 billion of assets shows what Merrill's recruiting streak is actually buying while its advisor count keeps falling.

Merrill's $1.2 billion Santa Fe hire buys credentials, not scale

Two designations that decide which client books survive the wealth transfer, a four-person service bench, and a $550 million business-owner specialist walking out the other door in the same dispatch.

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