Scoreboard
Rankings are current year-to-date and based on assets recruited, assets of departing advisors and net new assets of hires minus assets of those who have left. Data based on publicly available moves as listed in the Recruiting Wire.
Recruiting Wire
Recruiting Winners
AUM ($ MLN)
1. Merrill Lynch
$9,000
2. Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
$8,212
3. First Republic
$6,850
4. Raymond James
$6,369
5. RBC
$4,285
Recruiting Losers
AUM ($ MLN)
1. Wells Fargo
$16,284
2. Merrill Lynch
$12,573
3. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
$9,111
4. UBS
$4,986
5. Ziegler
$4,730
Recruiting Champs (net)
AUM ($ MLN)
1. Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
$7,528
2. First Republic
$6,350
3. Raymond James
$5,645
4. Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments
$3,800
5. RBC
$3,611
Recruiting Wire
Source: AdvisorHub reporting, BrokerCheck data, other publications and announcements since January 1, 2016. Transitions are listed as they are made public.
New Firm: Janney Montgomery Scott
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Eileen Keegan
AUM: $77M
T12:
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Move Date: 06/21/2018
New Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Mark Demo and Raymond Patraw
AUM: $230M
T12:
Location: Syracuse, NY
Move Date: 06/20/2018
New Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Old Firm: Morgan Stanley
Name:
Janet Stamato
AUM: $175M
T12:
Location: Hackensack, NJ
Move Date: 06/15/2018
New Firm: Wells Fargo
Old Firm: UBS
AUM: $180M
T12:
Location: New York, NY
Move Date: 05/11/2018
New Firm: Raymond James
Old Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Name:
Todd Krentz, Justin Brown, and Michelle Evans
AUM: $230M
T12:
Location: Chesterfield, MO
Move Date: 04/02/2018
New Firm: Janney Montgomery Scott
Old Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Name:
Timothy P. Gormley and Paul M. Furlong
AUM: $400M
T12:
Location: Yardley, PA
Move Date: 06/13/2018
New Firm: Raymond James
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Tim Godin
AUM: $260M
T12:
Location: Farmington Hills, MI
Move Date: 05/04/2018
New Firm: Raymond James
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Craig Cooley, Lee Miller and Michael Wegener
AUM: $500M
T12:
Location: Bay City, MI
Move Date: 05/10/2018
New Firm: Prospera Financial Services
Old Firm: M Holdings Securities
Name:
John Becker, Patrick Suffern, Brian Becker, Timothy McLanahan
AUM: $840M
T12: $2.5M
Location: Mandeville, LA
Move Date: 04/30/2018
New Firm: Kestra Financial
Old Firm: UBS
AUM: $340M
T12:
Location: Cranston, RI
Move Date: 05/23/2018
New Firm: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Old Firm: Merrill Lynch
AUM: $443M
T12:
Location: Chicago, IL
Move Date: 06/01/2018
New Firm: First Republic
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
AUM: $850M
T12: $6M
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Move Date: 06/01/2018
New Firm: Raymond James
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
AUM: $700M
T12: $2.3M
Location: Austin, TX
Move Date: 04/26/2018
New Firm: Hilliard Lyons
Old Firm: Oppenheimer
Name:
Alan Brookshire, James Chandley, Julie Willard, Kale Olson, John Grear, and Linda Saylor
AUM: $390M
T12:
Location: Asheville, NC
Move Date: 05/29/2018
New Firm: RBC
Old Firm: Merrill Lynch
Name:
Daniel Johnson and John Price
AUM: $610M
T12:
Location: Century City, CA
Move Date: 05/24/2018
New Firm: Wells Fargo
Old Firm: Morgan Stanley
AUM: $230M
T12: $2M
Location: Buffalo, NY
Move Date: 05/10/2018
New Firm: Wells Fargo
Old Firm: UBS
AUM: $180M
T12:
Location: Oakbrook, IL
Move Date: 05/25/2018
New Firm: Wells Fargo
Old Firm: UBS
AUM: $336M
T12:
Location: Oakbrook, IL
Move Date: 05/25/2018
New Firm: Hilliard Lyons
Old Firm: UBS
AUM: $230M
T12:
Location: Akron, OH
Move Date: 05/18/2018
New Firm: RBC
Old Firm: Morgan Stanley
AUM: $300M
T12: $2M
Location: Frisco, TX
Move Date: 05/11/2018
New Firm: Ameriprise
Old Firm: UBS
AUM: $113M
T12:
Location: Louisville, KY
Move Date: 03/09/2018
New Firm: Jefferies
Old Firm: First Republic
AUM: $500M
T12: $3.5M
Location: San Francisco, CA
Move Date: 05/11/2018
New Firm: Wells Fargo
Old Firm: UBS
Name:
Susanna Kim Bracke
AUM: $217M
T12:
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Move Date: 04/06/2018
New Firm: Morgan Stanley
Old Firm: UBS
AUM: $463M
T12: $2M
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Move Date: 03/23/2018
New Firm: Raymond James
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Mark Griffin and Mark Liley
AUM: $505M
T12:
Location: Denver, CO
Move Date: 03/02/2018
New Firm: Steward Partners
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Constantine Harris and Faith Harrington
AUM: $225M
T12:
Location: Portsmouth, NH
Move Date: 05/24/2018
New Firm: SunTrust
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Jeff Pratt and Bryan Kazley
AUM: $500M
T12:
Location: Charleston, SC
Move Date: 05/18/2018
New Firm: RBC
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Gary Weissman, Eric Dion and Jonathan Gomez
AUM: $600M
T12:
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Move Date: 05/18/2018
New Firm: Raymond James
Old Firm: UBS
Name:
Dean Dancer, T.J. Goelz, Steven Grossman, and Joe Malave
AUM: $480M
T12:
Location: Sarasota, FL
Move Date: 05/04/2018
New Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Old Firm: Raymond James
Name:
Joe Gruber
AUM: $42M
T12:
Location: Redding, CA
Move Date: 05/18/2018
New Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Dan Gruber
AUM: $347M
T12:
Location: Redding, CA
Move Date: 05/18/2018
New Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Michael Heckman
AUM: $307M
T12:
Location: San Rafael, CA
Move Date: 05/25/2018
New Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Christian Comberg
AUM: $133M
T12:
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Move Date: 05/24/2018
New Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Jeff Hughes
AUM: $98M
T12:
Location: Topeka, KA
Move Date: 05/18/2018
New Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Old Firm: Morgan Stanley
Name:
Cynthia Vogel
AUM: $82M
T12:
Location: Savannah, GA
Move Date: 05/18/2018
New Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Asma Mahmood
AUM: $66M
T12:
Location: Modesto, CA
Move Date: 05/17/2018
New Firm: Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Old Firm: Raymond James
Name:
Robert Fenton
AUM: $42M
T12:
Location: Traverse City, MI
Move Date: 05/16/2018
New Firm: Janney Montgomery Scott
Old Firm: Brown Advisory
Name:
Michael S. Federico
AUM:
T12:
Location: Towson, MD
Move Date: 05/25/2018
New Firm: Foresight Wealth Management
Old Firm: Lefavi Wealth Management
Name:
Chris Light
AUM:
T12:
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Move Date: 05/23/2018
New Firm: Janney Montgomery Scott
Old Firm: Merrill Lynch
Name:
Leo M. Connors and Leo M. Connors Jr.
AUM: $133M
T12:
Location: New Haven, CT
Move Date: 05/22/2018
New Firm: Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments
Old Firm: Merrill Lynch
Name:
Iain Whyte, Simon Holford, and Bryan Muth
AUM: $800M
T12:
Location: Pasadena, CA
Move Date: 05/18/2018
New Firm: Raymond James
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Michelle Ann Spaziani
AUM:
T12:
Location: Greenfield, MA
Move Date: 05/11/2018
New Firm: Kestra Financial
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Steve Battel, Rob Yevchak, Bruce Battel, and Nancy Hurst
AUM: $300M
T12:
Location: Paramus, NJ
Move Date: 04/25/2018
New Firm: Steward Partners
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Christopher Davis
AUM:
T12:
Location:
Move Date: 05/16/2018
New Firm: Janney Montgomery Scott
Old Firm: Avondale Partners
Name:
Steven Glasgow, Stephen Evans, Jordan Sibler, Danielle Garofolo, and Frank Moore
AUM: $163M
T12:
Location: Franklin, TN
Move Date: 05/16/2018
New Firm: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Old Firm: Merrill Lynch
Name:
Michael Taggart
AUM: $800M
T12:
Location: New York, NY
Move Date: 05/11/2018
New Firm: Robert W. Baird
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Bill Fedor
AUM: $206M
T12:
Location: Tucson, AZ
Move Date: 05/04/2018
New Firm: Robert W. Baird
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Irv Mindes
AUM: $360M
T12:
Location: Tucson, AZ
Move Date: 05/04/2018
New Firm: Raymond James
Old Firm: Wells Fargo
Name:
Julie Kramer, Mark Heeney, and Bobby Lee O’Brian
AUM:
T12:
Location: Omaha, NE
Move Date: 04/12/2018
New Firm: Steward Partners
Old Firm: Morgan Stanley
Name:
Matt Baltuch
AUM: $250M
T12:
Location: Washington, DC
Move Date: 05/04/2018