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Raymond James announced Wednesday it hired Claire Friedrichs as first vice president of investments.

LPL Financial, the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer, has reached $50 billion in total RIA assets under custody, doubling its year-ago total.

The firm snapped up two Morgan Stanley advisors and former branch manager at Ameriprise.

The San Francisco-based regional bank says it plans to add as many as 100 people to the team over the next two years.

Leawood, Ka.-based Montage Investments has been busy lately adding more sales executives, assets and a new mutual fund to boot.

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The National Advisors Trust of South Dakota will give National Advisors-affiliated RIAs and their clients access to some of the most flexible trust and tax statutes in the nation.

Franklin Resources has acquired the remaining 80% stake of alternative investments specialist Pelagos Capital Management.

Less than a week after landing another Morgan Stanley advisor, Raymond James has lured a Midwestern group with over $240 million in assets under management from Morgan Stanley to its independent-broker dealer.

Wells Fargo Advisors has hired nine financial advisors from Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets with $1.12 billion in assets under management.