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November 19, 2020

Wells Loses Texas Veteran, Maryland Up-and-comer to Independence

by Mason Braswell
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Raymond James, Wells Fargo
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Charles N. Marks,Catherine Cavalier, Taylor Achille and Wendy Franklin-Bayley, left Wells Fargo
Maryland advisor Charles N. Marks and his team, including associates (left to right) Catherine Cavalier, Taylor Achille and Wendy Franklin-Bayley, left Wells to launch their own RIA.

A 27-year veteran of Wells Fargo Advisors in Texas and a nine-year “Top Next-Gen” Wells advisor in Maryland have jumped ship to start independent practices.

In Temple, Tex., John R. Holmes Sr., 55, left Wells on Friday to affiliate with Raymond James Financial Services’ independent broker-dealer. He said he had been managing $220 million for around 220 households, and was producing around $1.2 million in annual revenue.

The solo practitioner, who began his career at Wells predecessor A.G. Edwards & Sons in 1993, attributed his move to frustration over client reaction to the fake account scandal that has plagued Wells Fargo & Co. for more than four years, as well as to payout penalties imposed on small household accounts and Covid-19 related restrictions on working from his branch.

Charles Marks, a 32-year-old broker in Annapolis, MD, who ranked on Forbes’ 2020 list of Top Nextgen Wealth Advisors, left Wells Fargo’s private client group employee channel after four years in late September to launch his own registered investment adviser firm, Marks Wealth Management. He said he had been managing about $300 million in client assets and generating around $2.8 million in revenue at Wells.

The fee-only advisor began his career in 2011 at Merrill Lynch, where he had been featured in promotions for its broker training program. He said he left the wirehouses over impatience with investment limitations and online marketing restrictions.

Holmes, who began his exit search in earnest two years ago, said he was particularly frustrated by penalties Wells is imposing on small accounts that it defines as those with less than $250,000, up from $100,000 a few years ago.

Other Wells advisors—including a 38-year veteran of Wells and A.G. Edwards who joined LPL Financial  in June— have cited similar reasons affecting payout and client service charges for leaving the wirehouse.

“It’s about more fees and dings from the mothership,” Holmes said. “That really impacts some people—friends, neighbors and people we really care about.”

A spokeswoman for Wells declined to comment.

Wells, to be sure, is not alone in steering brokers to service wealthier accounts. Other wirehouses take similar approaches, and  Minneapolis-based regional RBC Wealth Management U.S. on November 1 imposed a zero-payout on households under $100,000.

Marks, a fee-only advisor who uses Charles Schwab and Shareholder Services Group to custody client assets and provide trading and support services, said his major motivation for becoming an RIA was greater choice of investments through open technology platforms and more marketing freedom.

For example, he expects to put some clients into airline-focused ETFs that Wells had blocked, and said he is making more liberal use of social media than it and Merrill allowed.

“I kept moving because each firm was so limited,” said Marks. “Then I thought, as the saying goes, ‘If you want it done right, do it yourself.’”

Marks said that in about two months he has attracted most of his Wells’ client assets to his new shop and raised another $7 million in net new assets from clients who had been reluctant to add to their accounts amid the negative headlines about Wells’ bank scandals.

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  • on Nov 19 2020, Dvee says:

    🙂

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  • on Nov 19 2020, Sherylle says:

    Small account penalties strike again! How many firms will continue penalizing advisors for managing our practices as we choose? You can’t claim to be preparing for the future while trying to get us to reject future HNW clients when they are young.You think they’ll come back when they become wealthy later on? Leadership at these firms are imbeciles!

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  • on Nov 19 2020, Arnie says:

    Photos look like what you see of Real Estate Brokers.

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    • on Nov 23 2020, Former WFA says:

      I agree. You want to be thought of as a professional then look like one.

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  • on Nov 20 2020, Frank says:

    Anyone who is good will not opt to be surrounded by a bunch of former A.G. Edwards dinosaurs. Good for this team.

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  • on Nov 21 2020, Ron Edde says:

    Decisions like changing the comp grid, imposing fees on small accounts or further restricting advisor freedom as it relates to how they are able to service their clients is almost always going to cause those affected by such changes to consider alternatives. The firms are well aware of this, and are clearly willing to take that risk. A few have have attempted to lock down their advisors by exiting the broker protocol, while others seem prepared to endure what they have apparently decided are acceptable losses.

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