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Updated · InvestmentNews · Sep 1
&Partners Recruits $838 Million Wells Fargo Team as 123rd Practice Nears $60 Billion
Updated
Updated · InvestmentNews · Sep 1

&Partners Recruits $838 Million Wells Fargo Team as 123rd Practice Nears $60 Billion

3 articles · Updated · InvestmentNews · Sep 1

Summary

  • Crown Legacy Wealth, a Bellevue, Washington practice with $838 million in prehire assets, joined &Partners from Wells Fargo as the firm's 123rd advisor practice.
  • &Partners has built one of the year's fastest recruiting runs in independent wealth, nearing $60 billion in assets by late July after adding a $524 million Raymond James team and three teams with $1.6 billion in June.
  • The Bellevue group is led by Thomas Faley and Jason Eckerman, joined by Jeni Gonzales, Ali Boop-Nilsen and Sean Price, and centers its client model on a G.O.L.D. service framework.
  • The move also reflects broader advisor churn: Wells Fargo is trying to reverse years of losses even as hybrid RIAs like &Partners benefit from captive advisors shifting to the independent channel.

Insights

Why are elite wealth advisors abandoning traditional wirehouses to join a newly established hybrid startup?
What hidden financial incentives are driving billions in assets away from established mega-firms right before major mergers?
Could this aggressive poaching strategy eventually trigger a massive legal or operational backlash from industry giants?