Advisors on the move

Collectively, this year’s mega movers managed more than $23 billion in client assets.

Plus, advisers with $450M in combined AUM join Benjamin Edwards.

Plus, Merrill Lynch grabs UBS planners who managed $750 million in client assets.

Plus, Wells Fargo hires a $700M team from J.P. Morgan Private Bank and helps a $587M Morgan Stanley team go independent.

Plus, Benjamin F. Edwards and Ameriprise each add recruits with more than $600M in combined AUM, and Morgan loses a $500M group.

Also, Dynasty lured teams managing nearly $1 billion in client assets to independence.

After predicting a strong recruiting year, Wells' independent advisory arm attracts planners from LPL Financial, UBS and U.S. Bank.

The largest recruits managed more than $17 billion in client assets.

The largest teams to go indie this year managed more than $5 billion in client assets.

Also, J.P. Morgan saw a team managing $300 million in client assets go independent.