Cetera adds team that managed $327 million at LPL

Cetera adds team that managed $327 million at LPL
The Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Hays Breard Financial Group is joining Cetera’s Summit Financial.
MAR 24, 2022

A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based team that had managed $327 million at LPL Financial is affiliating with Summit Financial Networks, a unit of Cetera Advisor Networks, Cetera announced Thursday.

Hays Breard Financial Group is led by Michael Breard and Ray Hays, both with 20 years of experience. They had been affiliated with LPL since 2009.

Cetera noted that the firm is best known in Baton Rouge for “its annual 1,500-pound crawfish boil – a unique client appreciation event.”

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