Advisers on the Move, third quarter recap

The broader brokerage industry grappled with a number of significant regulatory and market changes in the third quarter.
NOV 02, 2016
By  Ellie Zhu
Top-ranked firms by net change in AUM
Firm Gained AUM($M) Lost AUM($M) Net change($M) Gained # of teams Lost # of teams
Raymond James 9,768 300 9,468 14 1
6 Meridian 2,200 0 2,200 1 0
RBC Wealth Management 1,824 0 1,824 5 0
Stifel Nicolaus & Co. 1,445 372 1,073 4 2
Hightower Advisors 1,000 0 1,000 2 0
Kestra Financial 1,000 0 1,000 1 0
Lowest-ranked firms by net change in AUM
Firm Gained AUM($M) Lost AUM($M) Net change($M) Gained # of teams Lost # of teams
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management 250 9,053 -8,803 1 24
Wells Fargo Advisors 4,591 8,175 -3,584 16 8
Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1,260 3,387 -2,127 5 12
UBS Financial Services 378 1,171 -1,393 1 10
Transamerica Financial Advisors 0 1,000 -1,000 0 1
Total teams moving
Average AUM size of moves ($M)
Top moves in the second quarter
Name of advisers Adviser AUM ($M) Firm adviser left Firm adviser joined Location of adviser
Paul Neuner, Kevin McFarland, Dominic Repetti, Neelab Naibkhyl, Timothy Cronin, Damon DeLillo, Michael Rozovics 7,000 Wells Fargo Advisors Raymond James San Diego, CA
Tom Kirk, Margaret Dechant, Andrew Mies, Bryan Green, Steve Bahm, Pam Smith, Sarah Hampton 2,200 Morgan Stanley Wealth Management 6 Meridian Wichita, KS
Phillip Friesen, Chuck Crowson, John Friesen, Greg Bowman, Josh Zeleskey, Karen Ronaghan, Bonnie McKinney 1,000 Morgan Stanley Wealth Management RBC Wealth Management San Antonio, TX
Wesley Lentz, Clinton VanLinder, Robert Amberg, Robert Campbell 1,000 Transamerica Financial Advisors Kestra Financial Kalamazoo, MI
David Fleisher 900 MetLife Premier Client Group Axa Advisors Philadelphia, PA
Source: InvestmentNews Data
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