RIA Intelligence
Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.
Where advisors are leaving, and where they are arriving
An office is a firm and a branch city on IAPD. Advisors today is the count of people whose current registration lists that branch; a departure is a registration ending at the firm whose last listed branch was this city; a join is a current registration that began in the window. Teams are the lift-outs and arrivals on the teams page, placed at their top city. Breakaways in formation counts advisors at this office who are direct owners of an adviser first registered in the last year. Street addresses are not read.
| Firm | Office | Advisors | Joined 12m | Left 12m | Net | Rate | Teams out | Teams in | Forming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC national BD | Boston, Ma · principal | 282 | 26 | 572 | -546 | 203% | 69 | ||
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse | New York, Ny · principal | 4,394 | 797 | 209 | +588 | 4.8% | 27 | 4 | |
| EDWARD JONES national BD | St Louis, Mo | 2,560 | 462 | 105 | +357 | 4.1% | 15 | ||
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse | Atlanta, Ga | 403 | 29 | 102 | -73 | 25% | 1 | ||
| FISHER INVESTMENTS independent RIA | Plano, Tx · principal | 2,960 | 691 | 97 | +594 | 3.3% | 8 | ||
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC wirehouse | New York, Ny · principal | 2,291 | 437 | 65 | +372 | 2.8% | 10 | 12 | |
| LPL FINANCIAL LLC BD affiliated | San Diego, Ca | 1,959 | 527 | 64 | +463 | 3.3% | 4 | 3 | |
| MORGAN STANLEY wirehouse | New York, Ny | 2,584 | 294 | 60 | +234 | 2.3% | 11 | 11 | |
| EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC BD affiliated | Greenwood Village, Co · principal | 1,945 | 861 | 60 | +801 | 3.1% | 5 | ||
| THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. BD affiliated | Minneapolis, Mn · principal | 540 | 234 | 53 | +181 | 9.8% | 1 | ||
| UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. wirehouse | Weehawken, Nj · principal | 1,016 | 256 | 52 | +204 | 5.1% | 5 | ||
| COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK national BD | Waltham, Ma · principal | 252 | 15 | 50 | -35 | 20% | 11 | ||
| OSAIC WEALTH, INC. BD affiliated | Scottsdale, Az · principal | 397 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 11% | 5 | 1 | |
| KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC BD affiliated | Austin, Tx · principal | 1,195 | 216 | 43 | +173 | 3.6% | 5 | ||
| MORGAN STANLEY wirehouse | Gilbert, Az | 150 | 42 | 43 | -1 | 29% | 4 | 1 | |
| WELLS FARGO ADVISORS wirehouse | Charlotte, Nc | 620 | 144 | 42 | +102 | 6.8% | 7 | 3 | |
| STIFEL INDEPENDENT ADVISORS, LLC BD affiliated | St Louis, Mo · principal | 10 | 0 | 41 | -41 | 410% | 6 | ||
| EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC national BD | New York, Ny · principal | 344 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 12% | 6 | ||
| CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. national BD | Westlake, Tx | 1,076 | 170 | 39 | +131 | 3.6% | 2 | ||
| VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC. BD affiliated | Charlotte, Nc | 700 | 186 | 37 | +149 | 5.3% | 2 | 1 | |
| MORGAN STANLEY wirehouse | Tampa, Fl | 342 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 11% | 4 | 1 | |
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse | Chicago, Il | 722 | 80 | 34 | +46 | 4.7% | 3 | ||
| VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC. BD affiliated | Malvern, Pa · principal | 803 | 182 | 33 | +149 | 4.1% | 1 | ||
| VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC. BD affiliated | Scottsdale, Az | 686 | 209 | 33 | +176 | 4.8% | 2 | 1 | |
| WELLS FARGO ADVISORS wirehouse | St Louis, Mo | 1,140 | 205 | 31 | +174 | 2.7% | 1 | 1 | |
| UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. wirehouse | New York, Ny | 1,266 | 106 | 30 | +76 | 2.4% | 2 | 7 | |
| KEY INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC BD affiliated | Brooklyn, Oh · principal | 640 | 139 | 30 | +109 | 4.7% | 3 | ||
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse | Los Angeles, Ca | 435 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 6.9% | 5 | 1 | |
| HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC BD affiliated | Chicago, Il · principal | 975 | 162 | 28 | +134 | 2.9% | 2 | ||
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse | Pennington, Nj | 943 | 91 | 28 | +63 | 3.0% | 2 | ||
| LPL FINANCIAL LLC BD affiliated | Fort Mill, Sc · principal | 731 | 156 | 28 | +128 | 3.8% | 1 | ||
| MORGAN STANLEY wirehouse | Purchase, Ny · principal | 885 | 186 | 27 | +159 | 3.1% | 3 | ||
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse | Jacksonville, Fl | 1,060 | 125 | 26 | +99 | 2.5% | 6 | 3 | |
| NEWEDGE ADVISORS BD affiliated | New Orleans, La · principal | 598 | 133 | 26 | +107 | 4.3% | 4 | ||
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. national BD | St Petersburg, Fl | 887 | 106 | 25 | +81 | 2.8% | 1 | ||
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse | Charlotte, Nc | 746 | 118 | 25 | +93 | 3.4% | 4 | 3 | |
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse | Chandler, Az | 481 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 5.2% | 4 | 1 | |
| FOUNDATIONS INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC independent RIA | Phoenix, Az · principal | 296 | 103 | 25 | +78 | 8.4% | 3 | ||
| EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC national BD | Dallas, Tx | 65 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 38% | 3 | ||
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse | Houston, Tx | 473 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 5.1% | 4 | ||
| LINCOLN INVESTMENT independent RIA | Fort Washington, Pa · principal | 458 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 5.2% | 4 | ||
| MORGAN STANLEY wirehouse | Alpharetta, Ga | 371 | 74 | 24 | +50 | 6.5% | 2 | 1 | |
| COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK national BD | San Diego, Ca | 103 | 8 | 24 | -16 | 23% | 6 | 1 | |
| UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. wirehouse | Charlotte, Nc | 184 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 13% | |||
| EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC national BD | Woodbridge, Nj | 97 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 24% | 4 | ||
| GOLDMAN SACHS WEALTH SERVICES, L.P. BD affiliated | Cohoes, Ny · principal | 314 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 7.0% | 1 | ||
| ONEAMERICA SECURITIES, INC. BD affiliated | Indianapolis, In · principal | 335 | 60 | 21 | +39 | 6.3% | 3 | ||
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse | Melville, Ny | 255 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 8.2% | 2 | 1 | |
| EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC national BD | Melville, Ny | 167 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 13% | 4 | ||
| EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC national BD | San Francisco, Ca | 57 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 37% | 2 | ||
| MORGAN STANLEY wirehouse | Atlanta, Ga | 502 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 4.0% | 4 | ||
| FARTHER independent RIA | San Francisco, Ca · principal | 328 | 154 | 20 | +134 | 6.1% | 1 | ||
| EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC national BD | Bellevue, Wa | 87 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 23% | 1 | ||
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. BD affiliated | New York, Ny · principal | 940 | 115 | 19 | +96 | 2.0% | 2 | 1 | |
| CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. national BD | Phoenix, Az | 584 | 70 | 19 | +51 | 3.3% | 1 | ||
| NATIONWIDE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC BD affiliated | Columbus, Oh · principal | 401 | 59 | 19 | +40 | 4.7% | 1 | ||
| WELLS FARGO ADVISORS wirehouse | New York, Ny | 405 | 72 | 18 | +54 | 4.4% | 4 | 8 | |
| FISHER INVESTMENTS independent RIA | Camas, Wa | 856 | 139 | 17 | +122 | 2.0% | |||
| MORGAN STANLEY wirehouse | Chicago, Il | 720 | 89 | 17 | +72 | 2.4% | 1 | ||
| CWM, LLC BD affiliated | Omaha, Ne · principal | 615 | 136 | 17 | +119 | 2.8% | 2 |