The firm has added two advisors to its office in Sarasota, FL, while adding one advisor to each of its Edwardsville, IL, Wheaton, IL, Mandeville, LA, and Portland, OR, branches.

In Berryville, Allen Roger has joined the new office as a vice president of investments from Wells Fargo Advisors, along with senior registered financial associate LeeAnn Ashford.

In the Sunshine State, Marc Breuer has been appointed as a financial consultant in Sarasota, moving over from Morgan Stanley, while Greg Hicks joined as a vice president of investments from Merrill Lynch. The firm launched its Sarasota office in 2015, and now has six employees there in total. 

Meanwhile, in Edwardsville, IL, Bradley Joiner has left Merrill Lynch to join the office as a financial consultant, bringing Benjamin Edwards' total number of staff there to three. 

Also in Illinois, Christopher Larrabee, a managing director of investments, has joined from Stifel Financial in Wheaton, where the firm has also brought in Sheryl Aubry as a senior financial associate. The Wheaton office, which opened in 2010, now employs a total of 14, including eight financial advisors. 

Rounding off the hires, Kirby Newburger has been appointed as a senior vice president of investments in Mandeville, LA, and Steve Potter as an associate vice president of investments in Portland, OR. They have moved from Raymond Hjames and Stifel respectively.

The Mandeville office opened in 2013 and now employs a total of eight, including seven financial advisors, while the Portland office, which opened in 2014, now employs a total of four.