RIAs

Bennett Gross was previously director of wealth management for Pacific Wealth Advisors.

Former Morgan Stanley senior executive, advisor joins Beverly Hills Wealth Management as new senior vice president.

Raymond James is being more diligent about highlighting its RIA business as an attractive place for the industry’s best advisors.

Twenty-five-year financial planning veteran Bruce Laning will oversee individual and corporate retirement accounts at Baker Tilly Investment Advisors.

Independent wealth management firm Gresham Partners hopes that Bonaguidi’s experience and contacts within the company will enhance their wealth planning strategies.

Patrick Goshtigian takes the helm as the firm continues an expansion that began in 2005, via core operations and acquisitions.

The newly created firm’s target net-worth range is broad enough to allow Angeles Wealth Management to allocate clients’ money in a wide range of asset classes.

Independent broker-dealer and RIA Lincoln Investment Planning has agreed to buy broker-dealer and RIA Capital Analysts from Western & Southern Financial Group, the firms announced. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, is expected to close in the second quarter of this year.

As part of the arrangement, Adams Hall will retain its name and gradually integrate its operations and systems into Mariner’s over time.

Just over three-quarters—76%—of advisors who have recently shifted to an independent business model say they're better off financially, according to a new study by Fidelity Investments. And 64% of those who say they're better off were better off within six months of their move, according to the study.