Steward Partners formed the Lindsey-Trost Group of Steward Partners. This branch was built by unifying the Lindsey Group, an office under the Steward Partners umbrella operating from Lake Oswego, Oregon, and Trost Financial, a boutique advisory firm headed by Greg Trost in Los Angeles’ Century City business district.

HSBC Global Private Banking appointed former Bank of America Private Bank senior figure Eric Ingber to run its US ultra-high net worth business. Ingber is based in New York. Ingber reports to London-based Caroline Kitidis, global head of UHNW business at the UK/Hong-listed banking group, and to New York-based Racquel Oden, head of wealth, premier and global private banking, US.

RBC Wealth Management promoted Carla Novak to lead its Pacific Northwest complex, heading up a group comprising 10 branch offices. Novak is an 18-year veteran of the financial services industry. 

Cetera Financial Group said three financial professionals doing business as allwealth Planning joined Summit Financial Networks, a community within Cetera Advisor Networks. It is led by co-founders Eric Bottolfsen, Howard Gershkowitz and Robert Gershkowitz.

Vanguard set up a new advice and wealth management division, led by Joanna Rotenberg. Previously, Rotenberg was president of personal investing at Fidelity. Before her time at Fidelity, Rotenberg spent over a decade at BMO Financial Group as a member of the bank’s executive committee.

Vanguard said Karin Risi, managing director and head of strategy, product, marketing and communications, was retiring. Her departure wrapped a career of more than 27 years.

Serenus Wealth Advisors, an RIA serving high net worth individuals and families nationwide, appointed Graham K Mandl as a partner. Mandl leads the firm’s first East Coast office in New York, establishing a presence in the Tri-State Area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mandl has more than a decade of experience working with entrepreneurs, C-suite executives, legal professionals, professional athletes, and other high net worth clients to create integrated wealth management strategies.

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors, an RIA, brought back Canon Price to its fold by buying her firm, Beverly Investment Advisors. 

F2 Strategy appointed industry veteran Ryan Beach as chief executive officer. He took over from co-founder Doug Fritz, who transitioned to executive chairman, allowing him to focus his efforts on strategic initiatives and client engagements.

Financial advisor Gary Presslaff, a 40-year veteran in the financial services industry, joined an established independent Ameriprise practice, Monumental Financial Planning, in Washington DC.

MetLife Investment Management appointed Kerry O’Brien as global head of insurance asset management and liability solutions. Prior to this, O’Brien worked at MIM from Insight Investments, where she led a team managing assets for clients across life, property and casualty and health insurance companies, risk pools and captive insurers. 

Procyon Partners a member of the Dynasty Network of wealth advisory firms, appointed Rich Franchella as senior vice president of business development – a newly-formed post. Franchella reports to chief revenue officer Harry Kirkpatrick.

Chicago-based Andrew Erickson, founder of ClearGuide Wealth, joined Avantax after an eight-year stint at Edward Jones. 

Raymond James welcomed financial advisor Carol Heil to its employee advisor channel in Louisville, Kentucky. Heil joined from Merrill Lynch, where she managed more than $400 million in client assets. She leads Heil & Associates Wealth Management of Raymond James and was joined by senior registered client relationship associate Whitney Woodford and senior client service associates Brody Heil and Kathleen McConnell.

Former Morgan Stanley financial advisor Justin Pearlman joined the employee advisor channel of Raymond James, based in Santa Barbara. 

The Raymond James board of directors officially appointed president Paul Shoukry as CEO of the company. Shoukry took over from Paul Reilly who stepped down from his CEO responsibilities and become executive chair.